A man has been jailed for nine years for killing a man with an metal pole outside KFC restaurant, in Brixton, last year.
Monclair Bartley, 25 , from Cowley Road, Brixton, was handed the term at the Old Bailey yesterday manslaughter of 45-year-old Alper Pasha in Brixton Road in May.
Pasha had been out with friends in Brixton when they became embroiled in a row with Bartley and his companions. After chasing Pasher across Brixton Road, Bartley took a metal pole from a nearby van and struck his victim on the back of the head, knocking him out.
Although Alper was taken to hospital by ambulance he never regained consciousness and died on May 30.
Detective Chief Inspector said: “This was a senseless killing that escalated from an argument between these men. Bartley decided to arm himself with a weapon and deliver a fatal blow to Alper who was trying to avoid conflict by leaving the scene.”
Bartley had previously been tried in May 2012 but the jury was discharged. At his re-trial he was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter as above.
