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A man who stabbed a father-to-be 14 times outside a south London pub has been jailed for a minimum of 27 years.

Delivery driver Chris Isted, 25, had been celebrating his partner's pregnancy with twins when he was killed at The Ship in Croydon High Street.



Carlton McKay, 27, of Thornton Heath, south London, pleaded guilty to murder and to wounding Mr Isted's firefighter friend Kevin Millward, 25.

Mr Isted's mother Jane said in a statement her son was a "gentle giant".

His partner Teri lost one of the twins in pregnancy due to stress.

Mr Millward told the Old Bailey jury he was stabbed seven times when he tried to help Mr Isted on 31 March and had been unable to work for four months.