Screams of horror heard as pie heir knifed housemate to death on Xmas Eve after making chilling web searches, court told
A “LONER” pie heir stabbed his housemate to death as his only friend wanted to move in with his girlfriend, a court heard.
Dylan Thomas had lived with 23-year-old William Bush for “some years” after they met while attending £13,000-a-term Christ College.
The 24-year-old heir to a £230million fortune is accused of murdering his housemate on Christmas Eve in a “frenzied attack”.
Cardiff Crown Court heard Thomas plotted to kill William after discovering he was planning to move in with his girlfriend Ella Jeffries.
He messaged the keen rugby player in the early hours saying he needed to see William before he left to meet his family.
Thomas then allegedly carried out an online search for “anatomy of the neck”.
Jurors were told “screams of horror” were heard as Thomas attacked William in his bedroom with either a lock knife or flick knife from behind.
After being knifed in the back of the neck, William fled “for his life” to the ground floor of the shared home, where he was stabbed repeatedly in the head and chest.
Prosecutor Greg Bull said: “Mr Bush was trying to escape from Mr Thomas who pursued him out of his bedroom, down two flights of stairs, through the kitchen, and outside into the patio where Mr Bush collapsed after he sustained a fatal laceration to an artery in his neck.”
Thomas was arrested while covered in blood with his hands held out in front of him.
A police officer asked him: “Where’s the person who did this?”
Thomas replied: “I think he is dead, I f****** disarmed him”.
He later told police he stabbed William in self-defence, insisting his friend had been “having an episode”.
The court was told Thomas’ attitude towards William had changed before the killing due to his friend’s new relationship.
He warned William around a month before the attack: “I thought about killing you, I just wanted to see what would happen if I do certain things.”
Ella later told police that William had taken the threat seriously and even barricaded his door while he slept, it was said.
Mr Bull said: “Before Mr Bush met Ella Jeffries the two men spent a great deal of time together. They would play golf together, they would go out together in the evening, and Mr Bush would support Mr Thomas in every way that he could. He would regularly drive Mr Thomas to any place that he wished to go as Mr Thomas could not drive.
“In short, Mr Thomas relied heavily on his friendship and the time spent with Mr Bush. The dynamics of the relationship between the two men were changing in the period leading up to Christmas 2023.
“Firstly Mr Bush was spending more and more of his time with Ella, with whom his relationship was blossoming. Mr Bush and Ella had decided to seek a home of their own together in the New Year.”
Thomas has admitted manslaughter but denies murder.
The trial continues.