Man who killed rough sleeper with concrete slab to serve sentence in hospital

A man has been sentenced to a hospital order after killing a homeless man with a concrete slab. 

Jermaine Myers, 37, pleaded guilty to killing Nicholas Sutin by admitting to manslaughter with diminished responsibility.

An investigation was launched after police and paramedics were called shortly after 4am on May 27 last year to reports of a disturbance in North Finchley, north London.

Nicholas was found with severe head injuries and stab wounds and died at the scene.

He had been by a bench near the Tally Ho pub when Myers approached him with a knife.

Myers stabbed Nicholas twice before picking up a concrete slab and striking him across the head, causing catastrophic injuries.

During an investigation, a forensic trace was found on the slap which identified Myers as the suspect.

He was arrested the following day at his home in nearby Woodhouse Road.

CCTV footage from the scene showed everything that happened, including Myers coming to and from the scene.

Myers appeared at the Old Bailey on Monday where he was sentenced after admitting the charge last week.

He was given a Section 37 hospital order, which can be used by criminal courts to send someone to hospital instead of prison.

Detective chief inspector Linda Bradley said: ‘The level of violence inflicted on Nicholas Sutin was significant and sustained, leaving him no chance of survival.

‘From what we know, Myers was not known to Nicholas and there was nothing in Nicholas’s behaviour that could suggest he in any way provoked the attack.

‘This is the final step in the judicial process and I can only hope this closure can allow Nicholas’s family to move on from this horrific chapter.’

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