Man guilty of Christmas Eve murder of best friend

A 24-year-old antheral has been recovered blameworthy of murdering his champion person aft stabbing him 37 times connected Christmas Eve successful the location they shared.

Dylan Thomas killed William Bush, 23, connected 24 December 2023, a assemblage astatine Cardiff Crown Court decided.

Thomas, who admitted manslaughter but denied murder, had looked up details of the anatomy of the cervix successful the hours earlier the onslaught successful Llandaff, Cardiff, equipped with a ample room weapon and a flick knife.

He had been arrested weeks earlier for trying to standard the obstruction astatine Buckingham Palace, and is being treated for schizophrenia astatine a unafraid hospital.

The assemblage went retired to see its determination connected Thursday greeting and returned its blameworthy verdict a fewer hours later.

The prosecution told the proceedings that Thomas was successful a "downward spiral" but successful power of his actions astatine the clip of the killing.

The tribunal heard that connected the greeting of the attack, Thomas' grandmother, Sharon Burton, drove him to Llandaff, and she described him becoming "more and much agitated" and sending respective substance messages.

When she parked extracurricular the property, Thomas went in, got the knives, went to Mr Bush's chamber and stabbed him repeatedly.

The prosecution said passers-by "heard screams of horror" from the house.

A distressed Thomas banged connected his grandmother's car model and she recovered Mr Bush connected the patio outside.

Thomas claimed successful a 999 telephone aft the onslaught asking for an ambulance that his person had "gone mental" and stabbed him.

But the prosecution told the proceedings it was "a planned attack," by Thomas connected Mr Bush, and helium "deliberately equipped himself with knives and attacked him from behind."

The tribunal was fixed adept sentiment that Thomas had been psychotic for months earlier the killing.

Jurors heard that helium told constabulary officers helium was Jesus aft his apprehension for the sidesplitting and offered 1 PC a "job with God".

Following the earlier apprehension astatine Buckingham Palace helium spoke astir the "illuminati" moving the world.

The tribunal was told that Thomas believed helium could harness gravity and told constabulary helium was "exploring vigor fields" erstwhile arrested astatine Buckingham Palace connected 6 November 2023.

Dr Panchu Xavier told jurors that his diligent was experiencing psychosis erstwhile helium was admitted to Ashworth High Secure Hospital, Liverpool, successful March 2024.

Thomas and Mr Bush had been friends since they met astatine schoolhouse astatine Christ College successful Brecon, Powys.

But Gregory Bull KC, prosecuting, told the tribunal that portion Mr Bush was popular, Thomas had fewer friends and was viewed arsenic thing of a loner.

Orlando Pownall KC, defending, had told the proceedings determination was nary question Thomas was psychotic, but said the quality was implicit the timings.

Mr Pownall told jurors Thomas had been done "a batch of stressful situations" including his parents' separation, and determination was "alleged home violence".