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Reported Heir to Multi-Million Fortune Convicted of Murdering Friend on Christmas Eve

Reported Heir to Multi-Million Fortune Convicted of Murdering Friend on Christmas Eve

  • Dylan Thomas, 24, was found guilty of fatally stabbing his friend William Bush, 23, on December 24, 2023, a court in Wales heard.
  • According to reports, Thomas is the heir to the multi-million dollar company Peter’s Savory Products
  • The victim’s family said in a statement that they were “completely devastated by the brutal and senseless murder.”

Heiress reportedly heir to a million-dollar fortune found guilty Killed best friend in ‘frenzied attack’ on Christmas Eve last year.

At Cardiff Crown Court on Thursday, November 21, Dylan Thomas, 24, was found guilty of fatally stabbing William Bush, 23, at a home they shared in the city on December 24, 2023. Press release Information shared by South Wales Police has been confirmed.

Per BBC and UK newspapers Times And GuardThomas is the grandson of Sir Stanley Thomas, founder of the South Wales-based company Peter’s Pies. The company is estimated to be worth around £230 million (almost $288 million) and Stanley Thomas appeared in court throughout the hearing, according to the BBC.

William Bush.

South Wales Police


A police statement said of the murder: “The night before, Thomas had gone out to a family dinner in Miskin, Llantrisant. When he returned to his grandmother’s house in Rhoose, in the Valley of Glamorgan, he struck up a Snapchat chat with William in the early hours of the morning.”

“While he was texting his best friend, he was also researching veins, arteries, anatomy and assisted suicide online,” police continued.

The statement stated that the correspondence between the two continued at around 11am local time on December 24, 2023, “while Thomas was being driven from Rhoose to Llandaff by his grandmother on the pretext that he needed to check on his dog.”

When he arrived home, Thomas stabbed his best friend multiple times and was arrested at the scene before calling an ambulance “while a witness in the nearby parking lot called police,” the statement said. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder.

Per GuardBBC and TimesThomas stabbed Bush 37 times before his death, in an attack previously described in court as “crazy”.

It was learned that the murderer, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia after the murder, was treated in a psychiatric hospital. Times reported.

Dylan Thomas was at a hotel the night before he fatally stabbed William Bush.

South Wales Police


Thomas had been friends with the victim, who was preparing to move in with his girlfriend Ella Jeffries at the time of the attack, since they met when they were 13 at Christ College Brecon private school in mid-Wales. Guard.

In a statement shared by South Wales Police, Bush’s family said they were “relieved” to hear “the verdict of murder”, adding that they were “completely devastated by the brutal and senseless murder”.

“Words cannot describe the impact this has had on our family, but we are not the only ones who have lost a son and brother, but Will’s girlfriend, friends and extended family have also lost someone they love very much,” the statement said.

“Will was innocently preparing to return to Brecon to spend Christmas with us all when the attack took place, and instead of Will turning up on our doorstep for dinner on Christmas Eve, it was Dyfed-Powys Police who broke the beyond devastating news. “The family moved on.

Describing Thomas as a “bad man”, they said: “We cannot even begin to comprehend the fear and pain that Will endured on Christmas Eve last year, and we will have to live with the pain, grief, anger and sadness for the rest of our lives.” , manipulative liar.”

“Throughout this process, we have seen no evidence that he has taken responsibility for his actions that day or expressed any remorse. We can only hope that he will not return to society,” the statement, also read by the victim’s sister Catrin, said. Bush said outside court.

The family said of the victim: “Will was a very loyal, funny, caring and trustworthy person. He lit up every room he entered with his cheeky smile and quick sense of humour.”

They said Will “had his whole life ahead of him” and asked that he “be remembered as a great person and that his memory is not limited to this barbaric attack.”

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Detective Inspector Rebecca Merchant, Senior Investigating Officer, added in the statement: “Our thoughts today, as throughout the investigation, are with William, his family and his girlfriend, and while we welcome today’s verdict, we recognize that nothing can bring William back, or the feelings of those who love him most.” take back the heartbreak.”

According to BBC and TimesThomas will be sentenced on December 16.