0:00:00 > 0:00:00Now on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
0:00:17 > 0:00:19Good evening and welcome to BBC London News,
0:00:19 > 0:00:21with me, Louisa Preston.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23The family of a grandmother killed by her former partner has
0:00:23 > 0:00:25described him as an "evil and calculating" killer.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29Theodore Johnson murdered Angela Best at his Islington home.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33He had been jailed for two previous murders -
0:00:33 > 0:00:35one committed on day release from a psychiatric centre.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Today he was jailed for a minimum of 26 years.
0:00:38 > 0:00:44Frankie McCamley has the story.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47An inspiration to her family, Angela Best was someone
0:00:47 > 0:00:48who would help anyone who needed it.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52But it was this kind of nature that led to her murder.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54As she made her way to this flat in Tufnell Park
0:00:54 > 0:00:57to help her former partner, she was brutally killed with a claw
0:00:57 > 0:01:00hammer, before being strangled with the belt from a dressing gown.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Today, Theodore Johnson was sentenced to at least 26 years
0:01:04 > 0:01:07behind bars after changing his plea at the last minute from
0:01:07 > 0:01:12guilty of manslaughter to admitting to her murder.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16This convicted murderer tried to play the system,
0:01:16 > 0:01:22as he has successfully done so twice before.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25He used diminished responsibility as the cause for his murderous actions.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28He knew exactly what he was doing when he planned and executed
0:01:28 > 0:01:37the horrific murder of our beautiful, beloved Angela.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41The 64-year-old already had previous convictions
0:01:41 > 0:01:45for killing two other women.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47In November 1981, the garage worker was convicted
0:01:47 > 0:01:50of killing his wife, Yvonne Johnson, by pushing
0:01:50 > 0:01:53her over the balcony of their ninth-floor flat.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Then in March 1993, he was convicted of killing his
0:01:55 > 0:01:58partner, Yvonne Bennett, by diminished responsibility.
0:01:58 > 0:02:0023 years later, Johnson killed his most recent
0:02:00 > 0:02:05partner, Angela Best, after their relationship broke down.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I have just spoken to one of Theodore Johnson's former
0:02:08 > 0:02:10colleagues, where he worked in Tottenham as a mechanic.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13He didn't want to come on camera, but said he was shocked,
0:02:13 > 0:02:15couldn't believe what had happened, but he was also angry,
0:02:15 > 0:02:20questioning how Johnson was able to kill for a third time.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25He will have been probably subject to multiple interventions
0:02:25 > 0:02:27from police, probation, health and mental health services,
0:02:27 > 0:02:31possibly substance misuse services.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34There are a number of different agencies who have to examine
0:02:34 > 0:02:36what action they took and whether they can defend
0:02:37 > 0:02:44the decisions they made.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Sat in a wheelchair in court after trying to take his own life
0:02:47 > 0:02:53by jumping onto railway tracks, Miss Best's family heard how Johnson
0:02:53 > 0:02:55met Angela while on day release from psychiatric hospital,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57keeping their relationship a secret from the authorities.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Leaving today, though, they say this is the start
0:03:00 > 0:03:07of their life sentence of grief and pain.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11A former executive at an international entertainment
0:03:11 > 0:03:14company who used a hidden pen camera to film up women's skirts
0:03:14 > 0:03:16has been spared jail.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Andrew MacRae, former vice president of ticketing
0:03:19 > 0:03:20company LiveNation, took almost 50,000
0:03:20 > 0:03:24images of strangers.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26He was caught when an off-duty police officer noticed a pen-shaped
0:03:26 > 0:03:29camera protruding from a laptop bag he placed between a woman's legs
0:03:29 > 0:03:33on a platform at Clapham Junction.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Former Ukip and Conservative MP Bob Spink has avoided
0:03:36 > 0:03:39going to prison after tricking elderly people into
0:03:39 > 0:03:41signing electoral forms backing local candidates.
0:03:41 > 0:03:44The 69-year-old from Essex was given a suspended sentence and 150
0:03:44 > 0:03:49hours of unpaid work for the electoral fraud.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54The head of one of London's busiest A&E departments has urged
0:03:54 > 0:03:58patients not to visit unless it's absolutely necessary.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00North Middlesex Hospital's chief executive has been
0:04:00 > 0:04:02speaking to Victoria Hollins about the pressure her
0:04:02 > 0:04:06staff currently face.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Staff at this emergency department know what it means to be busy.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14They've seen on average 500 patients a day over the Christmas period.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Yesterday the number peaked, at 599.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20It's a challenging time of year for the new chief executive.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21We are under pressure at the moment.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26There is always pressure every winter but we anticipate
0:04:26 > 0:04:31the pressure and start planning for it in October, so we overbook
0:04:31 > 0:04:33for extra staff, we put on a range of shifts,
0:04:33 > 0:04:36we open up extra capacity across the hospital
0:04:36 > 0:04:40so we can take more people.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42This isn't exceptional, but with a growing, ageing
0:04:42 > 0:04:46population with more complex needs, each winter gets busier.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49We are really urging people to try and use alternative services
0:04:49 > 0:04:53unless they really are needing absolutely emergency care.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57Please use GPs, please use 111, or some alternative.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01On any measurement, this is a very busy hospital.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Over the Christmas period almost every bed has been full,
0:05:04 > 0:05:07and with the weather getting colder, the pressure is only
0:05:07 > 0:05:10going to increase.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13So the question every day is how you go about freeing up bed spaces.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16The solution can come from unexpected places.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18So are you on the mend, Frank?
0:05:18 > 0:05:23I'm getting there...
0:05:23 > 0:05:26Frank couldn't be discharged from North Middlesex Hospital
0:05:26 > 0:05:29because he hadn't got any shoes - they'd been lost after he was
0:05:29 > 0:05:31brought in by the ambulance.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34The finance director heard about his plight
0:05:34 > 0:05:36during the daily beds meeting, so offered up his own.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Did you manage to get them on?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Cos I'm only a size eight, you see!
0:05:40 > 0:05:42But they were a big size eight.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45It helped to get Frank and frees up a bed.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48It helped Frank and frees up a bed.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51The shoes have enabled me to get home now, so, yeah, that's great.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56I shall be passing them on to either a charity,
0:05:56 > 0:05:59and it probably will be a charity, but maybe I might even go out
0:05:59 > 0:06:01in them, one little dance.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05I'm absolutely overwhelmed by the response this relatively
0:06:05 > 0:06:09small and spontaneous action has had, and I would like to
0:06:09 > 0:06:12emphasise that our staff, who number over 3,000,
0:06:12 > 0:06:15will do something like this every day which will go unnoticed.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18More imaginative ways to free up beds could well be needed.
0:06:18 > 0:06:25Winter pressure is unlikely to ease soon.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28That's it for now from me, but let's get the weekend weather
0:06:28 > 0:06:29with Helen Willetts.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Not a great start, we have showers with us at the moment. They will
0:06:38 > 0:06:42keep going through the night. Gradually we will find them
0:06:42 > 0:06:45diminishing towards the north with temperatures falling close to
0:06:45 > 0:06:49freezing, with some fog developing. If you're travelling tonight or
0:06:49 > 0:06:53tomorrow morning, it could be quite dense towards the north of London by
0:06:53 > 0:06:57that state. But it should start to clear away with temperatures rising
0:06:57 > 0:07:00a little tomorrow. But we will notice the chill. We will keep a lot
0:07:00 > 0:07:08of cloud during the day. They risk of showers only slowly easing. The
0:07:08 > 0:07:10big change is the pick-up of the north-easterly wind to make it feel
0:07:10 > 0:07:16colder tomorrow and through the weekend. 6-8dC. A bleak day, but the
0:07:16 > 0:07:20showers will ease tomorrow night. It's much colder tomorrow night and
0:07:20 > 0:07:24sunnier on Sunday but still the risk of cloud to the south and a stronger
0:07:24 > 0:07:30north-easterly by that stage so quite a biting wind. Here's the
0:07:30 > 0:07:31local outlook until