Single punch killer denies shopkeeper manslaughter

A 16-year-old boy  has denied killing a shopkeeper with a single punch after a row about cigarette papers. Vijay Patel, 49, was allegedly attacked while working behind the till at his shop, Rota Express, on Broadway, Mill Hill, northwest London, on 6 January. The father-of-two refused to sell three youths Rizla papers before following them outside when they started vandalising his store, it is said. One of the teenagers punched Mr Patel in the face, and the father-of-two fell to…