The first picture of Jamie Markham – the dad who was stabbed to death outside his home in Chingford Mount allegedly protecting his daughter from a group of teenagers – has been shared.
His devastated wife Candice told the Mirror how Jamie, 45, went to protect his daughter Chloe, 17, as the boys, believed to be 14 and 15-year-olds, were swinging metal poles and screaming at her.
He was then fatally stabbed outside his own home on Monday, August 9.
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The forensic tent that was in place at the scene
(Image: David Nathan)
Candice said: “The boys were walking around with metal poles. They were swinging them and shouting at my daughter.
“It’s just disgusting. It’s not the first time – you see them walking around and smashing bottles in the street.
“Just doing what they like, there’s no police. They’re kids – 14 and 15.
“My daughter didn’t know them, one of her friends knew one of them from school.”
The group of thugs are believed to be about to start year 10 at a local school next month.
Where the crime scene was in Chingford Mount
(Image: David Nathan)
A neighbour said “the entire street could hear the screams” of Candice when she found him he dead.
Another resident, who declined to be named: said: “I saw hooligans running up and down this way and that way.
“The police have got my dash cam because I was sitting in the car at the time.
“It was hammering down so you couldn’t hear much of anything.
“I was shocked, especially seeing police doing CPR on him. I didn’t realise who it even was until later.”
Detectives from the Metropolitan Police’s Specialist Crime Command have launched a murder investigation but no arrests have yet been made.
A bouquet of flowers has been placed at the scene in tribute to Jamie.
What’s believed to be a medical bag inside the cordon on Chingford Mount
(Image: David Nathan)
Neighbour Susan White said: “He was a quiet family man with three kids who kept himself to himself. It was devastating hearing his wife screaming like that.”
Another neighbour, Sandra Green, added: “He was no trouble at all, just got on with everything and was a kind, family man.
“We’re all in shock, you assume it’s teenagers who get involved in this but when it’s a family man you just can’t believe it.”
Another resident, Alice McGill, 78, said: “All I know is that this girl was hanging out with these boys, one of them said something silly.
“She then went to go and get her father and her father came out and he died. It’s a tragedy because this young girl is going to have to live with that for the rest of her life.
“It’s not her fault. This girl was a proper daddy’s girl – the poor, poor girl.”
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Police were called at 6.20pm on Monday night to reports of a disturbance in Churchill Terrace.
They found Jamie suffering with stab wounds but paramedics were unable to save him.
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