‘Murdered for being a crap barber’

A killer stabbed a fellow Spaniard to death because he scratched him while giving him a haircut, a court heard. Jario Sepulveda-Garcia, 37, allegedly murdered David Lopez-Fernandez, 32, in Bethnal Green, east London, while arguing about the victim’s competence as a hairdresser. Sepulveda-Garcia grabbed a large kitchen knife and stabbed Lopez-Fernandez six times but claims he was acting in self-defence. James Mulholland QC, prosecuting, said: ‘At approximately 14.30 hours on Monday 25 February 2019, David Lopez-Fernandez was stabbed in a…

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