A 19-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested by police investigating the murder of "gentle giant" Jimmy Mizen.
Jimmy, 16, a 6ft 4in committed Christian, was stabbed to death in an "unprovoked and vicious" assault at the Three Cooks bakery in Lee, south-east London, on Saturday.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "A 19-year-old man was arrested in connection w
ith the murder of 16-year-old Jimmy Mizen. He is in custody at a London police station."
Jimmy died on Saturday morning, the day after his birthday, following a row as he went to buy his first Lottery ticket.
His family and classmates remembered him in a service on Monday on what would have been his last full day at school.
The teenager should have attended a celebratory leavers' Mass at the St Thomas More Catholic Comprehensive School in Eltham, south-east London, before starting revision for his GCSE exams.
After the service, Jimmy's parents, Barry, 56, and Margaret, 55, paid loving tribute to their "saint" of a son and recalled the happy final few days they spent with him.
Mr Mizen said: "He was a dear, dear, sweet young man; we loved him dearly. On the night of his birthday, he was going out with his friends and we cuddled him. That is a great, great memory."
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