‘Beaten to death by his neighbour’

An infuriated neighbour accused of beating a man to death after he was abusive to two police officers has appeared at the Old Bailey. The body of Jay John, 27, was discovered in a car park outside a block flats in Dalston, Hackney, east London on 25 April this year. The court heard Mr John had become agitated by the presence of two police officers investigating an unrelated incident. After threatening to stab them he became involved in an argument…