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| Darren Pencille: Lee Pomeroy Guildford train stab attacker guilty of murder | |
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| A man who stabbed a passenger to death in a row on a train has been found guilty of murder. | A man who stabbed a passenger to death in a row on a train has been found guilty of murder. |
| Lee Pomeroy was travelling with his 14-year-old son when he was stabbed 18 times by Darren Pencille on the Guildford to London service. | Lee Pomeroy was travelling with his 14-year-old son when he was stabbed 18 times by Darren Pencille on the Guildford to London service. |
| Jurors at the Old Bailey rejected Pencille's claim he acted in self defence. | Jurors at the Old Bailey rejected Pencille's claim he acted in self defence. |
| Mr Pomeroy died with his son next to him at Horsley station on 4 January, the day before his 52nd birthday. | Mr Pomeroy died with his son next to him at Horsley station on 4 January, the day before his 52nd birthday. |
| Pencille, who was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, killed the father-of-one when a "chance encounter" escalated into a frenzied and fatal attack, the court heard. | |
| He first stabbed Mr Pomeroy in the neck, then inflicted 17 more injuries in the 20 seconds that followed. | |
| Pencille's girlfriend Chelsea Mitchell, of Farnham, Surrey, was found guilty by a majority of 11-1 of assisting him. | Pencille's girlfriend Chelsea Mitchell, of Farnham, Surrey, was found guilty by a majority of 11-1 of assisting him. |
| Charles Falk, representing Mitchell, said in mitigation she had showed a "misguided sense of loyalty driven by her dependence." | |
| 'Ignorance is bliss' | |
| The court heard a victim impact statement from Mr Pomeroy's wife, Lana, who described his murder as a "senseless loss of life". | |
| She said her husband was her "guide and supporter in life" and said he was a doting father. | |
| Mr Pomeroy and his son got into the same carriage as Pencille at London Road, Guildford, and made their way down the aisle before the row started. | |
| Jurors heard they may have been blocking Pencille's way, prompting him to make the remark: "Ignorance is bliss." | |
| The row escalated into swearing as Mr Pomeroy demanded an apology but then Pencille produced a knife and stabbed him in the neck, cutting through the jugular vein. |