A Forest Gate man has been jailed for killing a man with a baseball bat in Plaistow.
Titu Miah was hit over the head with the bat during a fight in Plashet Road in October last year.
The 31-year-old died in hospital five days later with a post-mortem giving cause of death as a head injury.
Emdadul Islam, 23 and of Fowler Road, was found guilty of manslaughter.
He was sentenced at the Old Bailey earlier today and will spend 14 years in prison.
During the fight a 16-year-old boy was also stabbed.
Yasin Patel, 21 and from Plaistow pleaded guilty to GBH with intent and possession of an offensive weapon.
He will be sentenced on Thursday.
The court heard the 16-year-old was in Plashet Road with friends when a Mercedes, containing Titu and his stepson Patel, pulled into the road.
The teenage victim was chased and stabbed multiple times in his left leg and chest by Patel.
Islam was in a barbers shop getting his hair cut and retrieved a baseball bat from the boot of his car, hitting Miah from behind and hitting him again whilst he was on the ground.
He was arrested later that month and charged the following day.
Patel was charged in November.
Detective Sergeant Perry Benton, who led the investigation, said: “It appears that Islam was not involved in the initial fight which Titu was a part of, but he took it upon himself to casually arm himself with a baseball bat and carry out an alarming, sudden attack on Titu which resulted in a critical head injury from which he could not recover.
“Patel was identified as the person who stabbed the 16-year-old victim who fortunately did not suffer serious, lasting injury. The motive for this attack is unclear, although we believe it may have been due to a disagreement between Patel and a relative of the victim.
“This was a despicable show of violence in broad daylight on a residential street which resulted in a man dead and a young victim stabbed, and two people now facing long jail terms for their part in this incident.”
Shabina Patel, Titu Miah’s wife, said: “Losing my husband has left me in a place where I am barely coping. I am heavily depressed and am still struggling to sleep and eat since it happened.
“This loss is something I cannot have prepared for and is mentally really straining. Especially as I did not imagine him to pass away at a young healthy age by getting attacked. This has highly impacted myself and my family in ways I never expected. After his death, I have been staying with my parents and trying to adjust my life with these circumstances. Six months on, I have only just managed to move myself home with my kids to attempt to carry on with our daily life.
“I can see the huge struggle of not having my husband more day by day as it has severely affected our normal lifestyle. My seven-year-old daughter, was extremely close with her father and it breaks my heart seeing her pain without him here. My husband always ensured our children were happy and they saw him like a friend. Similarly my other son is struggling without his father too. He is going through ongoing eye treatment for his severe eye condition and is lacking motivation and belief without his father by his side.
“Without my husband in my life, sadly I am not sure how I will be able to move on and grieve for my loss properly. We all deeply miss him every day and I am unaware of how much longer I can live like this and how my children can handle any more sadness.”
Tags: east London, Newham, Forest Gate, Plaistow
