Romanian stabbed his flatmate to death in argument over £5

A drunken Romanian man stabbed his elderly flatmate to death during an argument over £5, a court heard. Eugeniu Neamtu, 59, allegedly stabbed 63-year-old Gheorghe Trica on the communal balcony outside the front door of their shared flat in Walthamstow in north east London on 20 February. Neamtu, who denies murder, was overheard by several of his flatmates exchanging insults in the stairwell that evening with Mr Trica, who shouted: ‘Give me back those £5.’ Jurors at the Old Bailey…

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