James Peppiatt, 23, allegedly murdered 55-year-old Tony Eastlake (pictured), known as the Flower Man of Islington by customers, in Essex Road, Islington, on May 29, 2021.
The daughter of a flower seller stabbed to death in north London over the Bank Holiday weekend paid tribute to her father revealing He was my best friend .
A crowd of family, friends, customers, passers-by and neighbours gathered for a vigil at the flower stall near Essex Road station in north London, where Tony Eastlake, 55, had worked since he was 14.