Killed with an elbow strike

A shopkeeper told a court how his colleague was killed ‘in front of his eyes’ by a 16-year-old boy in a row over cigarette papers. The teenager, who cannot be named, ran off laughing after felling 49-year-old Vijay Kumar Patel with a forearm smash at Rota Express in Mill Hill, north London. Mr Patel, who was standing with his hands in his pockets, fell backwards and hit his head on the pavement. The 16-year-old and his two friends ran away…