A man on a mobility scooter has been stabbed to death with a machete in a suspected London street fight – with family and friends now paying tribute to him.
Met Police officers were called at 3.38pm yesterday to reports of a fight in Rushmore Road, Clapton, with suggestions that a machete was used in the gruesome attack.
Emergency services, including ambulance service and air ambulance workers, found a man in his 30s with stab wound injuries in the residential area but despite their best efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
He has now been named as Jade Anthony Barnett, 38, whose sister has described him as a ‘cheerful and caring man’.
A crime scene was put in place and police confirmed two men aged 28 and 21 have been arrested, with enquiries ongoing.
He used to live in Clapton with his mother but his friends said he had moved to the Stratford area and also that he lost his leg in a motorcycle accident in 2007.
