Heir to £230m pie company fortune found guilty of best friend's murder

Dylan Thomas has been jailed for beingness (Image: Supplied)

The heir to a £230m pastry institution luck is to beryllium jailed for beingness aft being recovered blameworthy of the “frenzied” execution of his champion person past Christmas Eve.

Loner Dylan Thomas, 23, stabbed William Bush – his lone person - successful a pre-planned weapon onslaught astatine the rented location the erstwhile schoolhouse classmates shared.

The assemblage of Mr Bush, 23, was recovered lying successful a excavation of humor extracurricular the newly-built house, owned by Thomas's gramps Sir Gilbert Stanley Thomas, a Welsh tycoon down a concern empire including Peter's Pies.

During a “sustained attack” helium had “fled for his life” down 2 flights of stairs earlier collapsing connected the patio having suffered 37 stab wounds successful total, including 21 to the neck.

Thomas had admitted manslaughter by diminished work but denied execution up of the trial. But aft a week-long proceedings astatine Cardiff Crown Court helium was recovered blameworthy by the jury.

Sir Thomas, the laminitis of Peter's Pies, whose nett worthy was estimated to beryllium £230million successful 2013, sat successful tribunal passim the trial.

Trial justice Mrs Justice Steyn said she would walk condemnation connected December 16, and Thomas was remanded into custody. He volition beryllium jailed for beingness with the justice to acceptable the minimum word helium indispensable walk down bars.

The proceedings was told however neighbours heard “screams of horror” coming from the spot connected the greeting of the murder

The brace met astatine £18,000-a-year Christ College schoolhouse successful Brecon and subsequently lived unneurotic successful a shared terraced location successful the Welsh municipality of Llandaff.

Computer programmer Thomas, who is being treated for schizophrenia, had argued the incidental was manslaughter by means of diminished responsibility.

But Gregory Bull KC, prosecuting, told jurors that whilst they accepted helium was “mentally unwell” the execution had been pre-planned.

He said the slayer told his person a period oregon 2 earlier the incident: “I thought astir sidesplitting you, I conscionable wanted to spot what would hap if I bash definite things.”

Mr Bush’s woman told constabulary the menace had been taken earnestly by the deceased, who had barricaded his doorway portion helium slept but was caught unaware erstwhile Thomas, wielding a ample room weapon and a flick-style knife, launched his deadly onslaught by stabbing him successful the cervix from behind

When arrested Thomas told the constabulary helium stabbed Mr Bush successful self-defence, insisting his person had been “having an episode”.

But the tribunal heard however anterior to the stabbing Thomas had searched connected his machine for the anatomy of the cervix and messaged Mr Bush telling him: “I request to spot you earlier you go.”