Lighting rigger ‘knifed to death by paranoid schizophrenic’

A lighting rigger was stabbed to death after rowing with a paranoid schizophrenic dubbed ‘The Fancy Man’ because of his eccentric fashion sense, a court heard. Jonathan Shay, 53, repeatedly knifed Gerry Gaffney, 46, in the chest in Vassall Road, Brixton, southwest London, shortly before 9pm on 13 May. Shay, 53, is said to have struck Mr Gaffney in the face during an earlier confrontation then stabbed him as the argument continued in a communal hallway. ‘Gerry Gaffney was wearing…