Thug ‘nearly killed shopkeeper after rum refusal’

  A thug beat a shopkeeper with a wine bottle and stabbed him in the face after he was refused rum on credit, a court heard. Trevor Sinclair, 51, nearly killed Srikanth Mailvaganam after wrestling him to the floor and bludgeoning him over the head five times at a store in Brixton on 15 July last year. Mr Mailvaganam was working behind the till at The Stockwell Convenience Store when Sinclair approached the counter with two soft drinks, asking for…