By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
Jailed: Ozaghan Altun, 31, will serve life imprisonment for murder. Photos: Met Police/Lewis Berrill A murderer has been jailed for fatally stabbing a 24-year-old through the heart with a pair of scissors after he grew jealous of the man’s relationship with his ex-girlfriend. Ozughan Altun, of Dalston Square, Hackney, will have to serve a minimum of 19 years behind bars for the murder of Michael Paul Baptista. In December of 2019, the 31-year-old stabbed Michael five times and left him to die on the street after having become ‘obsessed with him’, the court heard.
A man who stabbed a love rival through the heart with a pair of scissors in north London has been found guilty of murder.
Ozughan Altun, 30, became obsessed with Michael Baptista, 24, who had been in a brief relationship with Altun’s ex-girlfriend.
Altun was convicted of murder at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday after he stabbed Mr Baptista five times and left him to die in the street on December 19, last year.
The court heard how Altun attacked Mr Baptista after the 24-year-old visited a location near Altun’s shop in Walthamstow.
Police were called to an altercation on Bromley Road at 7.15pm and found Mr Baptista suffering from stab injuries. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Ozughan Altun (pictured) has been convicted A man has been found guilty of stabbing a 24-year-old through the heart with a pair of scissors after becoming obsessed with him. Ozughan Altun, 30, of Dalston Square, Hackney, was convicted of murder at Wood Green Crown Court on Friday, December 18 after he stabbed Michael Paul Baptista five times and left him to die on the street on December 19, 2019. The court heard how Altun grew fixated with Mr Baptista, who had briefly been in a relationship with a woman who was Altun’s ex–girlfriend at the time, and attacked him in a frenzy after the victim visited a location near the defendant’s shop in Walthamstow.