A BURGLAR killed a shopkeeper for the sake of £100 in the till during a “one-man crimewave”. Alex Gunn, 31, was caught on CCTV stabbing Ravi Katharkamar, 54, shortly after the trader had opened his store. A jogger found him and called 999 but Ravi died at the scene in Pinner, North-West London, in March. […]
A BURGLAR killed a shopkeeper for the sake of £100 in the till during a “one-man crimewave”.
Alex Gunn, 31, was caught on CCTV stabbing Ravi Katharkamar, 54, shortly after the trader had opened his store.
A jogger found him and called 999 but Ravi died at the scene in Pinner, North-West London, in March.
The shopkeeper had suffered two knife wounds, one of which fractured a rib and punctured his lung and heart.
Masked Gunn made off with the till, containing a float of £100, and fled in a stolen Vauxhall Astra.
The Old Bailey heard Gunn had been responsible for a string of burglaries and thefts, all to fund his drug habit.
Prosecutor Bill Emlyn Jones QC said Gunn was “sufficiently savvy” to cover himself with a balaclava during the attack on Mr Katharkamar.
Describing Gunn as a “one-man crimewave”, he told jurors he was also responsible for a string of burglaries and thefts, all to fund his drug habit.
Gunn, of Pinner, was found guilty of murder, robbery, burglary and theft.
He will be sentenced on Friday.
