A 33-year-old man from Haringey was jailed for 12 years after causing the death of a 55-year-old former chef in Hackney in January 2024. The victim was subjected to sustained violent attacks over five weeks and was found in a foetal position after suffering fractures to his ribs, chest and head, along with brain injuries. He was kept in squalid conditions and forced to sleep on a mattress in a garage alongside the defendant’s American pitbull cross-breed dogs, which he was told to look after. The victim had been dead or dying for several days before anyone could summon help. The defendant pleaded guilty to manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm and was arrested after attempting to flee to Nigeria.
"The Old Bailey heard Tsavdaris, known as Jimmy, was found in a foetal position after weeks of sustained violent attacks, sustaining fractures to his ribs, chest and head, as well as brain injuries. Fawehinmi pleaded guilty to manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm. Tsavdaris had been dead or dying for several days, with no way to summon help, before his body was discovered."
"Judge Mark Lucraft KC said Fawehinmi had kept his victim in "squalid" conditions. He was made to sleep on a mattress in a garage alongside the defendant's American pitbull cross-breed dogs, which he was told to look after. Police were alerted after the defendant's father reported the death."
"Fawehinmi tried to flee to Nigeria but was arrested after his hire car triggered a camera on the M11. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm part-way through a retrial in March. An earlier jury cleared him of murder and failed to reach a verdict on a servitude charge."
"Andrea Lavor said in a victim impact statement: "Dimitrios was the love of my life and the father of our son, Antonio. "He came from a good family, was proud of his Pontic Greek heritage, loved music, loved life, and was a caring, kind and loving father.""
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