Killer of ‘The Flower Man of Islington’ faces life sentence

A killer who stabbed ‘The Flower Man of Islington’ to death after he blamed him for his mother’s suicide is facing a life sentence. James Peppiatt, 23, murdered 55-year-old Tony Eastlake, who had a pitch in Essex Road, Islington and was well known by customers across north Londfon Mr Eastlake was stabbed in the lower back shortly after finishing work on May 29 2021 and collapsed and died in the street. The florist, who separated from his wife in 2018,…