Convicted Romanian killer jailed for life over near identical murder in UK

Eugeniu Neamtu, 59, known as Jimmy, fatally stabbed a flatmate in Walthamstow, east London (Picture: Metropolitan Police/PA) An illegal immigrant who murdered a man in the UK three years after serving a sentence in Romania for a near identical killing has been jailed for at least 27 years. Eugeniu Neamtu, 59, known as

Eugeniu Neamtu, 59, has been jailed for a minimum term of 27 years for murdering a man in the UK - three years after serving time in Romania for a 'strikingly similar' murder

A Romanian has been jailed for life for murdering a man in the UK three years after committing a similar killing in his homeland.

Eugeniu Neamtu, 59, was found guilty following a trial at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, August 18