Man slits father's throat outside London convenience store after he refused to give him a cigarette
A "family man" who died after his throat was slit outside a convenience store in south London following a fight over cigarettes "didn't have a bad bone in his body", according to his friends.
39-year-old Dennis Anderson died in east Dulwich on February 10 morning after he was reportedly confronted outside a corner shop. Anderson's friends have said that he was a painter-decorator who was completely devoted to his teen daughter and had never been in a fight before in his life. Anderson was reportedly returning home from a party at a friend's place when he was asked for a cigarette at a convenience store. The Daily Mail reported that witnesses said that an argument ensued that resulted in him being attacked and killed.
29-year-old Luke Roche, a friend, told The Evening Standard: "He loved his daughter. He was a family man and very popular, no one had a bad word to say about him. I honestly can't think of anyone he'd had a fight with. He just wasn't part of that life."