Lee Peacock is found guilty of stabbing to death his girlfriend and associate in central London.
A "warped and angry" killer has been found guilty of cutting the throats of his girlfriend and an associate weeks after being released from jail.
During the trial, prosecutor Edward Brown KC had described Peacock's actions as "cold-blooded" and "determined".The jury had heard Peacock was out to "punish" his partner and Mr Ashmore during a two-day violence spree. Later that day, Peacock was captured on CCTV walking with Mr Ashmore towards his Westminster flat, then leaving alone 15 minutes later.Both victims died from similar knife wounds to the neck.Peacock was eventually located with the kitten on a houseboat moored on the Grand Union Canal in central London on 25 August.
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