Man found guilty of murdering his 'best friend' on Christmas Eve

A antheral has been recovered blameworthy of murdering his "best friend" connected Christmas Eve.

A assemblage of 10 men and 2 women heard Dylan Thomas, 24, killed William Bush, 23, in a "frenzied attack" in the Llandaff country of Cardiff past year.

Thomas had antecedently pleaded blameworthy to manslaughter by diminished work but denied Mr Bush's murder.

A proceedings astatine Cardiff Crown Court heard Thomas attacked Mr Bush "from behind" successful his chamber aft helium entered done the room astatine the spot they shared, owned by the defendant's grandparents.

During the "sustained attack" Mr Bush "fled for his life" down 2 flights of stairs and onto the patio, the proceedings heard.

Mr Bush sustained 37 stab wounds successful total, including 21 to the neck.

His origin of decease was fixed arsenic "multiple stab wounds to the cervix and trunk".

The defendant, who was wearing a bluish t-shirt, attended the proceeding via video nexus from a unafraid hospital.

The assemblage returned a unanimous verdict connected Thursday day aft astir 3 hours of deliberation.

Thomas, who was suffering from schizophrenia, had initially claimed helium was acting successful self-defence.

The tribunal heard however Mr Bush was Thomas's "only known existent friend".

During the trial, it was besides heard however Thomas had been arrested "for trying to ascent into Buckingham Palace" immoderate weeks previously.

He besides wrote to Elon Musk telling him helium believed helium had the quality to harness gravity.

The suspect was staying with his grandma successful Rhoose, the Vale of Glamorgan, connected the nighttime earlier the attack.

In the aboriginal hours of Christmas Eve, the assemblage heard Thomas had carried retired an online hunt for the "anatomy of the neck".

Thomas, who could not drive, enquired astir getting an Uber to Tŷ Matthew successful Llandaff astatine 3.31am.

Later that morning, his grandma agreed to instrumentality him to the location aft helium told her helium "wanted to locomotion the dog" and they near her location successful Rhoose astatine 10.41am.

He had sent respective messages to Mr Bush successful the hours earlier the onslaught successful which helium said helium needed to spot him earlier Mr Bush went location to Brecon to walk Christmas with his family.

The prosecution argued determination was "clear reasoning connected the portion of Dylan Thomas".

"This was a frenzied onslaught wherever Mr Thomas could lone person had 1 volition and that was to termination Mr Bush," said Gregory Bull KC, prosecuting.

But the defence argued Mr Bush's schizophrenia laic "at the centre" of the case.

"He didn't understand, due to the fact that helium was deluded. He believed, for immoderate reason, that his champion person was threatening his life," said defence barrister Orlando Pownall KC.

Thomas volition beryllium sentenced astatine a aboriginal date.

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