A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment having been found guilty of murder in Clapton.
Dawid Wycik, aged 28 of no fixed abode, was found guilty on Wednesday, 29 July at Inner London Crown Court of murdering 67-year-old Czeslaw Swiatkowski.
Detective Inspector Brett Hagen, of the Specialist Crime Command, said: “Wycik violently assaulted his 67-year-old work colleague in a drunken rage after he was politely asked to leave a property the victim had been renovating.
“Today, he begins a lengthy prison sentence for his actions that night when he stabbed Czeslaw as he lay prone on the floor.”
Police were called to a residential address in Mount Pleasant Lane, E5 at 23:29hrs on Friday, 24 January following reports of a disturbance.
Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended, they found Mr Swiatkowski inside the property suffering from stab injuries.
Despite the efforts of emergency services, he was declared dead a short time later.
Wycik was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and was charged the following day.
A post-mortem examination gave cause of death as a stab wound to the abdomen.
Mr Swiatkowski was a Polish national, as is Wycik.
Dawid Wycik was sentenced at the same court on Friday, 31 July to a minimum tariff of 17 years.
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