Jermaine Myers admitted killing Nicholas Sutin in May last year reports Egle Rameikaite

A man has admitted manslaughter by diminished responsibility following the death of a man in North Finchley last year.

Jermaine Myers, 37, of Woodhouse Road, pleaded guilty to killing Nicholas Sutin at a hearing at the Old Bailey on Monday, 6th March.

Police and ambulance crews were called to a disturbance on High Road in North Finchley on 27th May last year.

Nicholas was found there suffering stab and severe head injuries. Despite the best efforts of the emergency services, Nicholas died at the scene.

The incident happened near the Tally Ho pub when Myers, who was armed with a knife, approached Nicholas and stabbed him twice before picking up a concrete slab and striking him across the head, causing catastrophic injuries.

An investigation was launched and a forensic trace on the concrete slab quickly identified Myers as the suspect. He was arrested the following day at his address in nearby Woodhouse Road.

CCTV footage was obtained which showed the whole incident, including Myers coming to and from the scene.

Detective Chief Inspector Linda Bradley, from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command, said: “The level of violence inflicted on Nicholas Sutin was significant and sustained, leaving him no chance of survival.

“From what we know, Myers was not known to Nicholas and there was nothing in Nicholas’s behaviour that could suggest he in any way provoked the attack.

“The court has accepted Myers’ plea and the admission that his actions ended Nicholas’s life brings the judicial process to a close. I can only hope this closure can allow Nicholas’s family to move on from this horrific chapter.”

Diminished responsibility means the defendant receives reduced criminal liability due to abnormality of mental functioning caused by a recognised medical condition.

Jermaine Myers will be sentenced at the same court on Monday, 13 March.

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