Two French students murdered for 400 pounds

Last summer two French students were murdered in south-east London as a part of a robbery. Their two killers, the 23 year old Dano Sonnex and the 34 year old Nigel Farmer, subjected their victims to over two hours of torture with knifes, only to walk away with 360 pounds, a couple of telephones and two playstation games.

The two French students were on their way to Wimbledon to watch tennis but they had been unable to get tickets. They went to a pub to watch rugby instead and afterwards went to their bedsit that they had rented two months earlier. They were both asleep when a break-in occurred in the early hours of the morning. They could, however, not have anticipated that they would be subjected to being attacked with knifes. Later that night the flat was set on fire, probably to destroy any scientific evidence.

A next-door neighbor saw a man fleeing the fire and later identified Nigel Farmer. A week later Farmer walked into the police station and told the receptionist that he was the main suspect in the attack and was taken into custody. The court was told that he is claiming that he was scared of Sonnex and was forced to set the flat on fire. Sonnex was found shortly after and denied to have any connections to the murders. He is claiming that he only acted as a lookout for the burglary. The jury was told however, that Sonnex’s palm print was found inside the flat. Both men deny murder.