Son shielded mother from death of Jimmy

By Avril Ormsby

LONDON (Reuters) - The mother of teenager Jimmy Mizen, who died in an unprovoked attack at a London baker's shop, described on Monday how she had been shielded from the horrific scene by another of her sons.

Margaret Mizen ran to The Three Cooks in Lee, southeast London, where an attacker had slashed her son's throat on Saturday, a day after his 16th birthday.

Police said his killer had smashed his way into the baker's shop wielding an advertising board. Mizen bled to death in the arms of his older brother as they waited for help to arrive.

"I was there as quick as I could run," Margaret Mizen told reporters. "My son wouldn't let me near go him. He just said 'Mum, he's OK, just wait.'"

She said it was a comfort to know Jimmy had died in the arms of his brother.

"Of course, I would have liked to have been there with him. He's my baby and I want to hold him. But his brother loves him as much as I do."

She made the comments after attending Mass at her son's school, accompanied by her husband Barry.

They quoted their priest's description of Jimmy as a saint.