Schizophrenic killer admits battering homeless man to death

A schizophrenic killer has admitted battering a homeless man to death and torching a car next to his body. Police had found the remains of a 54-year-old man next to the burnt out vehicle in a carpark in Castleton Road, Ilford, east London, on May 29. The victim has since been identified as Hassan Ettakal. A post-mortem confirmed the cause of death was blunt force trauma. Adil Mahmood, 37, was arrested in Croydon, south London, on 4 June and charged…