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| Jurors watch video of ‘frenzied’ fatal stabbing of train passenger | Jurors watch video of ‘frenzied’ fatal stabbing of train passenger |
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| Jurors have watched video of a “quick and frenzied” fatal attack on a train passenger. | Jurors have watched video of a “quick and frenzied” fatal attack on a train passenger. |
| Lee Pomeroy, a 51-year-old IT consultant, was stabbed 18 times in 25 seconds by Darren Pencille, 36, the Old Bailey has heard. | Lee Pomeroy, a 51-year-old IT consultant, was stabbed 18 times in 25 seconds by Darren Pencille, 36, the Old Bailey has heard. |
| Jurors sat in silence as they were shown video of the incident on a Guildford to London train on 4 January. Pencille looked straight ahead in the dock, avoiding screens set up to show the footage. | Jurors sat in silence as they were shown video of the incident on a Guildford to London train on 4 January. Pencille looked straight ahead in the dock, avoiding screens set up to show the footage. |
| The prosecutor, Jake Hallam QC, said: “The incident lasted 25 seconds and during those 25 seconds Mr Pomeroy sustained 18 stab injuries.” | The prosecutor, Jake Hallam QC, said: “The incident lasted 25 seconds and during those 25 seconds Mr Pomeroy sustained 18 stab injuries.” |
| DC Marc Farmer of British Transport Police said: “Yes, that’s correct. It was a quick and frenzied attack.” | DC Marc Farmer of British Transport Police said: “Yes, that’s correct. It was a quick and frenzied attack.” |
| Jurors saw images showing Pomeroy and his 14-year-old son arriving at London Road station in Guildford and collecting their tickets before heading to platform two. Shortly afterwards, Pencille was dropped off by his girlfriend, Chelsea Mitchell, 27. He boarded the 1.01pm train to Waterloo. | Jurors saw images showing Pomeroy and his 14-year-old son arriving at London Road station in Guildford and collecting their tickets before heading to platform two. Shortly afterwards, Pencille was dropped off by his girlfriend, Chelsea Mitchell, 27. He boarded the 1.01pm train to Waterloo. |
| Pencille walked down the carriage as Pomeroy and his son were coming the other way. It is claimed a row began over blocking the aisle and quickly escalated. | Pencille walked down the carriage as Pomeroy and his son were coming the other way. It is claimed a row began over blocking the aisle and quickly escalated. |
| Pomeroy was shown getting up and following Pencille into the next carriage and standing with his hands in his pockets during the argument. | Pomeroy was shown getting up and following Pencille into the next carriage and standing with his hands in his pockets during the argument. |
| The defendant appeared to gesture with his hands and make a call, allegedly to his girlfriend, to say: “I’m going to kill this man. He’ll be dead.” | The defendant appeared to gesture with his hands and make a call, allegedly to his girlfriend, to say: “I’m going to kill this man. He’ll be dead.” |
| Police chiefs have described the recent spate of knife crime as ‘a national emergency’. In the first two months of 2019 there were 17 homicides in London alone, where 35% of all knife crimes are committed. | |
| The number of NHS England admissions among people aged 10-19 with knife wounds has risen 60% in five years, surpassing 1,000 last year. | |
| The number of knife and offensive weapon offences in England and Wales have risen to their highest level for nearly a decade, with the number of cases dealt with by the criminal justice system up by more than a third since 2015. | |
| Figures on sentences handed out for such crimes, published by the Ministry of Justice, showed there were 22,041 knife and weapon offences formally dealt with by the criminal justice system in the year ending March 2019. This is the highest rate since 2010, when the number was 23,667. | |
| In the year ending March 2019, 37% of knife and offensive weapon offences resulted in an immediate custodial sentence, compared with 22% in 2009, when the data was first published. The average length of the custodial sentences rose to the longest in a decade, from 5.5 months to 8.1 months. | |
| The MoJ figures revealed that the number of juvenile offenders convicted or cautioned for possession or threats using a knife or offensive weapon increased by almost half (48%) between the year ending March 2015 and the year ending March 2019. | |
| The increase in adult offenders over the same period was smaller, at 31%. However, adult offenders still accounted for 74% of the total increase in cautions and convictions received for those offences in that period. | |
| In March 2019 chancellor, Philip Hammond, handed an extra £100m to police forces in England and Wales after a spate of fatal stabbings led to a renewed focus on rising knife crime and police resources. | |
| In the same month more than 10,000 knives were seized and 1,372 suspects arrested during a week-long national knife crime crackdown. Officers carried out 3,771 weapons searches, during which 342 knives were found. Another 10,215 were handed in as part of amnesties. | |
| A new Offensive Weapons Act was passed in May 2019, making it illegal to possess dangerous weapons including knuckledusters, zombie knives and death star knives. It also made it a criminal offence to dispatch bladed products sold online without verifying the buyer is over 18. | |
| Pencille, who has admitted possessing a knife, appeared to strike out at Pomeroy’s neck then continue to stab him as Pomeroy attempted to defend himself. | Pencille, who has admitted possessing a knife, appeared to strike out at Pomeroy’s neck then continue to stab him as Pomeroy attempted to defend himself. |
| Afterwards, Pencille is seen in the footage bending down to pick up his sunglasses and mobile phone before leaving the train. | Afterwards, Pencille is seen in the footage bending down to pick up his sunglasses and mobile phone before leaving the train. |
| Jurors have heard he was picked up at Clandon station by Mitchell and taken to her home. | Jurors have heard he was picked up at Clandon station by Mitchell and taken to her home. |
| Pencille, of no fixed address, has denied murder, and Mitchell, of Farnham, Surrey, has pleaded not guilty to assisting an offender. | Pencille, of no fixed address, has denied murder, and Mitchell, of Farnham, Surrey, has pleaded not guilty to assisting an offender. |
| The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
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