A robber who kicked, punched and stamped an elderly pensioner to death before stealing his box of cornflakes and a cottage pie has been jailed for life for murder .

Peter Augustine, 59, targeted 87-year-old John Mackey after he had made a trip to his local Co-op store in Manor House , north London, on May 6.

The robber followed Mr Mackey from the shop while planning to steal his groceries, and then carried out the violent attack when the pensioner refused to simply hand over the food.

Augustine was seen searching the pensioner’s jacket as he lay on the ground, the Old Bailey heard.

On Friday, Judge Sarah Whitehouse KC jailed Augustine for life, with a minimum term of 23 years.

She branded it a “cowardly attack”, and said Augustine had shown no remorse.

“There is no doubt the

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