Boy dies after being stabbed in ‘brawl’

 Evening Standard

London

 A schoolboy has died after being stabbed in a suspected fight between two groups of teenagers in east London on Friday night.

The 15-year-old boy was found with serious stab wounds to his abdomen on Bethnal Green Road in Tower Hamlets at about 11pm.

Paramedics took him to hospital in a critical condition but he died about three hours later, Scotland Yard said yesterday.

Police arrested an 18-year-old boy at the scene on suspicion of murder. He was being held for questioning at an east London police station.

The victim’s next of kin have been informed and a post-mortem examination will be carried out “in due course”, police said.

Detectives are appealing to witnesses to a fight in nearby Padbury Court between a group of boys and some teenagers in a car, shortly before the murder.

They believe the victim was one of the boys on foot and that the fight carried on as the groups moved towards Gibraltar Walk.

Detective chief inspector Chris Jones of the HMCC said: “Anyone who may have witnessed this altercation or have information which may assist the investigation is asked to contact the police as soon as possible.”

A man who strolled into a Nando’s restaurant and stabbed a diner in front of young children has been jailed.

Pedrito Domingos, 20, of Cow Bridge Lane, Barking, walked into the restaurant and slashed the victim in front of families enjoying meals at the branch in The Brewery, Romford.

Snaresbrook Crown Court heard Domingos walked up to the 20-year-old man who was dining with two friends and stabbed him several times with a large knife on October 29.

The victim attempted to chase Domingos but collapsed after a short while. He suffered from four stab wounds.

CCTV footage showed Domingos, who the court heard was involved in a long-standing dispute with the victim, running off into an underpass.

He was later found by police in the area hiding behind some bins.

The large knife was found hidden inside a pizza box in the underpass.

Officers discovered his car parked close to the scene and recovered a cardboard sheath, similar in size to the recovered knife.

They also found he was in possession of 14 wraps of cocaine while he was detained in custody.

Domingos was sentenced to 10 years in prison following a court hearing.Possession with intent to supply Class A drugs was left to lie on file.

Acting detective chief inspector, Denise Johnson, said: “This was a horrific pre-meditated attack in a busy restaurant with numerous families with young children present.

“I can only hope that residents of Havering are reassured now that this dangerous man has been removed from their streets.

“Attacks of this nature are thankfully very rare in Havering and our officers’ swift response to this incident demonstrates how seriously we take this type of crime”

A mother yesterday pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to burying her new born baby alive in Tooting Common. The court heard that Latvian Elita Amantova had come to the UK around 2008 and fell into the hands of organised criminals in Norfolk who set her to work as a prostitute.

In August 2012 she fled to London where she was found living rough in a burial ground off Garratt Lane in Tooting.

The court was told she was heavily pregnant, living off berries and bread left out for birds, sleeping on grave stones and wearing a blonde wig.

Prosecutor Zoe Johnson QC said a member of the public Verity Verster had become concerned about her and alerted social services and police.

As a result of the good Samaritan’s actions, a police officer tried to persuade her to go into suitable accommodation but she refused help.

Johnson told the court: “In September a worker found a baby’s leg and foot on the ground at the tractor yard at Doctor Johnson Avenue next to Tooting Commons.

“In a search another limb was found. Later a fox expert was called to the yard and discovered a fox entrance.

“A fox is likely to have found those body parts on Tooting Common and brought the parts into the yard.”

The expert said that foxes were capable to carry 4kg over two miles, the court heard.

DNA testing found that the baby was Amantova’s who had given birth without any assistance.

A week later she was found sitting on her haunches outside a supermarket in Garratt Lane watching people coming and going saying it was a “nice day”.

She was arrested but could not be interviewed until the following February because of her serious mental illness.

Amantova pleaded not guilty to murder which was accepted by the prosecution. She pleaded guilty to infanticide and was placed under a hospital order by Judge Paul Worsley QC.