Man on mobility scooter stabbed to death with machete in Hackney

Man on mobility scooter stabbed to death with machete in Hackney as two men arrested

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00:00A disabled dad of one was stabbed to death yesterday with a machete just after 3.30pm.

00:11Wheelchair user Jade Anthony Barnett, 38, was apparently stuck in his mobility scooter

00:15here in Clacton, East London. Jade's mum, Joyce Barnett, has told the press he was loved

00:21by everyone around here. She said, how could anyone attack him in a wheelchair? I don't

00:25know, we just want answers. The police have since arrested two men, aged 21 and 28, on

00:31suspicion of murder. Today, there are over 10 uniformed police officers surrounding the

00:36cordoned off area in Overbury Lane, with a police tent and blue plastic glove scattered

00:41around the floor. The Met Police said officers were called at 3.38pm to reports of a fight

00:46in Rushmore Road, Clacton, and found a man with a stab injury. He was treated by London

00:52Ambulance Service paramedics, but was pronounced dead at the scene. His sister, Simone Barnett,

00:5845, from Hackney, said that her brother was jolly, cheerful, caring, and he never took

01:03anything too seriously. Jade used to live in Clacton with his mother, but his friends

01:08said he had moved to the Stratford area. They also said he lost his leg in a motorcycle

01:13accident in 2007. Two men, aged 28 and 21, have been arrested and remain in custody at

01:20an East London police station. A black and grey electric wheelchair could be seen standing

01:25behind the cordon, close to the forensics tent at the scene.