Lithuanian killer had violent past

A Lithuanian killer with convictions for violence across Europe is facing a life sentence for murdering a man after a row in a restaurant. Arturas Kurpis, 39, plunged a 35cm ‘kitchen devil’ carving knife into Paulius Karalius’s heart after laying in wait for him in St Anne’s Row, Limehouse, east London. The victim had visited a local restaurant in Leytonstone with his girlfriend on 5 November last year when Kurpis snatched the microphone from a singer who was performing at…