Overview
- Javier De Brito Jardim, 36, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon following the December 2024 assault.
- CCTV showed him wrapping himself in a white bedsheet on Cannon Street before lying in wait near Poultry and striking his former colleague with a metal bar.
- The victim sustained a fractured skull and a small brain bleed that required surgery but managed to flee and alert police.
- Officers arrested Jardim at Heathrow the next day after the victim identified him, with police saying he was about to board a flight to Beijing.
- City of London Police credited the Square Mile’s camera network with tracking his movements, while the victim reported a workplace dispute as the suspected motive.