"Passers-by saw Augustine attacking Mr Mackey and searching his jacket as he lay on the ground, the Old Bailey was previously told. Another member of the public alerted police after she heard a shout of give me the bag and saw Mr Mackey lying inert on the pavement, the trial heard. Mr Mackey, who was bleeding from his head, regained consciousness but was unable to tell officers what had happened. He was treated in hospital for bleeding on the brain and broken ribs."
"Mr Mackey had set off from his address shortly after 5pm wearing a distinctive trilby hat, grey mackintosh coat and carrying a walking stick and black bag. At 5.12pm, he went into the Co-op where he bought cornflakes, an own-brand cottage pie and Mirror newspaper which he put in his bag. He paid for his goods using a 20 note and put the change of 11.50 in his trouser pocket."
An unemployed 59-year-old, Peter Augustine, followed and attacked 87-year-old John Mackey after the pensioner visited a Co-op in north London. Mr Mackey bought groceries and carried them in a bag before Augustine began to follow him and later assaulted him on the pavement. Passers-by witnessed Augustine searching Mr Mackey’s jacket as he lay injured; a member of the public alerted police after hearing a demand for a bag. Mr Mackey suffered head bleeding, bleeding on the brain and broken ribs, was treated in hospital, and died from his injuries two days later. CCTV aided police reconstruction, and a jury convicted Augustine of robbery and murder.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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