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LET OUT OF JAIL TO KILL
An 87-year-old grandfather busking on his mobility scooter to raise money for Ukraine was stabbed to death by a psychotic serial criminal five days after he was let out of prison.
Lee Byer, 45, stabbed Thomas O’Halloran in the chest and neck with a bread knife in a ‘shocking attack’ in Greenford, west London on 16 August 2022.
Former maintenance man Mr O’Halloran, originally from Co Clare in Ireland, travelled some 75 yards on his scooter, to flag down a member of the public for help, following the attack.
An 87-year-old grandfather busking on his mobility scooter to raise money for Ukraine was stabbed to death by a psychotic serial criminal five days after he was let out of prison, a court heard.
Lee Byer, 45, stabbed Thomas O’Halloran in the chest and neck with a bread knife in a ‘shocking attack’ in Greenford, west London on 16 August 2022.
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