Five men are to be sentenced following the murder of a builder in Hendon.

Zydrunas Laurinavicius, 38, was killed by a single stab wound in Parson Street on July 3 last year.

Terngu Agera, 23, of Newham, and Stephen Lansana, 22, of no fixed address, were found guilty yesterday of murder, robbery and conspiracy to burgle.

Bruno Guimaraes, 23, of Stratford, and Terae Eusebe, 21, of Upton Park, were both found guilty of conspiracy to burgle.

Marlon O'Brien, 22, of Beckton, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to burgle.

All five men will be sentenced today.

Lithuanian national Zydrunas Laurinavicius, of East Ham, had been refurbishing a house in Hendon with his 67-year-old father Pranas Laurinavicius.

They were walking towards a bus stop on Parson Street when the group attacked them, shortly before 4.45pm.

Zydrunas was stabbed and had his bag and watch stolen, and his father had a knife put to his throat.

The Metropolitan Police and London Ambulance Service were called to the scene at the junction with Downage a short time later, and found Zydrunas suffering from critical stab wounds.

He was pronounced dead at the scene at 5.28pm.

The Homicide and Major Crime Command launched a murder investigation and quickly arrested and charged Eusebe who was traced in a vehicle that was seen to flee the scene.

Three other men, Agera, O'Brien and Guimaraes, were arrested and charged in July.

Lansana was arrested on September 11 and charged a short time later after police issued a £20,000 reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and prosecution of those responsible.

Witnesses to the attack, CCTV and mobile phone analysis connected all five to the murder.

In a statement, Mr Laurinavicius' sister, on behalf of his family, said: "We are a close and loving family and the death of Zydrunas has had a devastating effect on the whole family. Zydrunas was a great, father, son, husband, brother and uncle, he was fun and happy and I loved having him live with us, we spent a lot of time together and were great friends.

"Zydrunas came over to the UK to work to support his wife and son in Lithuania to give them a better life, his son was due to come to the UK to see him and stay with us just a few weeks after his death.

"This is the second son my parents have lost, I had another brother who died in an accident when he was 11 years old, and to lose Zydrunas in such horrific circumstances has been extremely hard for our family.

“My father has struggled greatly following the murder, he could not sleep and the only way I can think to describe him is a broken man. My father no longer feels safe and is afraid to leave the house, he is no longer prepared to come and visit me in the UK.

“I also feel afraid and even have plans to move house because these people come from the same area as me and I feel that my family are not safe.

"Zydrunas's wife now struggles to support their son and life is very hard without him.

"We all miss him so much."

Detective Inspector Jamie Stevenson, of the Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: "This was a horrific unprovoked attack on an honest hardworking man returning home from work in the middle of the day. He was singled out and set upon by the group who were armed and used a knife to inflict fatal injuries for no other reason than to steal his possessions."