BREAKING: Pinner man pleads guilty to manslaughter

A man who pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of Dragoș Carabineanu from Barnet is now awaiting sentencing.

Gabriel Silvera, 19, of Uxbridge Road, Pinner, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court yesterday (Monday, June 3) where he pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

The plea was accepted by the court and Silvera was remanded in custody to appear at the same court for sentencing on August 23.

Shortly after 5am on Saturday 28 October, police were alerted by hospital staff when Dragoș Carabineaunu, 46, was taken to a central London hospital for treatment.

Dragos, who was from Burnt Oak, remained in St Mary’s Hospital in a critical condition before he sadly died of his injuries on 1 November 2023.

A police investigation found he suffered the injuries shortly before midnight on October 27, 2023, outside Burnt Oak tube station on Watling Road in Edgware.

Detectives from the Met’s Specialist Crime Command arrested Gabriel Silvera on suspicion of murder on 6 November 2023. He was charged the next day and remanded in custody.

Detective Chief Inspector Linda Bradley, who is leading the investigation, said: “Nothing can bring Dragos back to his loved ones, however, I am pleased that this guilty plea has spared him the experience of a trial, where he would have heard yet another date. the details of the incident that took Dragos from them. Our thoughts are with them.”