‘Murdered for his cornflakes and cottage pie’

A pensioner was murdered on the street for his bag containing a box of cornflakes, cottage pie and a newspaper, a court heard. Peter Augustine, 59, followed 87-year-old John Mackey after he made a trip to his local Co-op in Kayani Avenue, Manor House, north London, on 6 May. Mr Mackey was found lying on the pavement bleeding from his head after the attacker allegedly yelled ‘Give me the bag’. Police went to Augustine’s hotel room two days later and…