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Man jailed for '£5 row' knife murder after near-identical crime in Romania
Jurors rejected Neamtu’s self-defense claim after hearing he had previously been jailed in Romania for a similar stabbing over money.
- On Friday, Judge Richard Marks KC sentenced construction worker Eugeniu Neamtu, 59, to life in prison with a minimum term of 27 years for murdering his flatmate Gheorghe Trica, 63, in Walthamstow on February 20.
- Neamtu previously served 15 years in Romania for a 2006 murder, stabbing housemate Adrian Vas repeatedly in the chest during a drunken row over money; prosecutor Philip Evans KC noted 'striking similarities' between the cases.
- Trica was killed over the 'exceptionally trivial fact' of a £5 debt, though Neamtu claimed he acted in self-defense after allegedly being threatened and pushed down stairs during their argument.
- The Home Office announced intentions to deport Neamtu, as he failed to declare his previous criminal record when entering the UK as a visitor in September 2023 and was therefore unlawfully in the country.
- Judge Marks emphasized Neamtu's dangerousness and lack of remorse, telling him: 'The fact that you killed another man within two or three years from your release underlines how dangerous you are.
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WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Eugeniu Neamtu, 59, known as Jimmy, was found guilty of fatally stabbing his flatmate and fellow Romanian Gheorghe Trica, 63, in Walthamstow, east London
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- 34% of the sources lean Left, 33% of the sources are Center, 33% of the sources lean Right
34% Left
L 34%
C 33%
R 33%
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