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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Pol Allingham

MYSTERIOUS: Robber who fatally kicked and punched pensioner jailed for 23 years - What They Never Told You

Peter Augustine was found guilty of robbery and murder earlier in November (Metropolitan Police/PA) - (PA Media)

A robber who fatally kicked, punched and stamped on a vulnerable pensioner before taking off with a box of cornflakes and a cottage pie has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 23 years.

John Mackey, 87, was targeted by unemployed Peter Augustine after he visited a Co-op store in Manor House, north London, on the afternoon of May 6.

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