Three men and a teenager convicted of murdering a 'gentle and peaceful' student at a New Year's Eve party by viciously beating him unconscious and then throwing his body over a balcony have been jailed for life today.
A court heard William 'Billy' Henham's attackers also callously stripped him naked and doused him in bleach in a bid to 'cover their tracks' by destroying any forensic evidence.
Just a few hours before his brutal death, the 24-year-old had been seen 'singing, dancing and smiling' in a Brighton nightclub.
However, by dawn on January 1, 2020 he had been subjected to the 'sustained and significant' fatal assault involving punches, kicks, stamps, and even blows from a broken stair spindle, leaving him with 67 separate injuries.
This has to be one of the saddest stories I've read for a while. We know the world is a shitty place, but when you read the statement from his family it's so heart rending. What the hell is going wrong with us?
Syl said
May 21 12:21 PM, 2022
Heartbreaking.
Seeing his last video images, and not being able to warn him, I cant imagine the hell his family are going through.
Anonymous said
May 21 3:09 PM, 2022
Horrific - the pain he must have suffered is unimaginable.
The world around us seems to be increasingly more feral with each passing day. But I still have to keep believing that for every one soulless deranged psycho we see/learn of, there are countless thousands of good harmless people just going about their lives.
Maddog said
May 21 4:59 PM, 2022
I'm never surprised when a lone wolf does something like this. Evil people exist.
But when it's a group, I'm still a bit shocked.
How do you get 4 people that depraved, to find each other and engage in this shit?
Magica said
May 21 8:27 PM, 2022
Oh so wicked and so sad for the victim. 😢
Anonymous said
May 21 9:41 PM, 2022
the deity known as Maddog wrote:
I'm never surprised when a lone wolf does something like this. Evil people exist.
But when it's a group, I'm still a bit shocked.
How do you get 4 people that depraved, to find each other and engage in this shit?
Like attracts like? You could probably assume they were totally blitzed on alcohol + drugs…resulting in mindless sadistic ‘partying’.
Digger said
May 21 10:38 PM, 2022
the deity known as Maddog wrote:
I'm never surprised when a lone wolf does something like this. Evil people exist.
But when it's a group, I'm still a bit shocked.
How do you get 4 people that depraved, to find each other and engage in this shit?
Drugs and alcohol most likely had a lot to do with it, but I believe you have to have the violence in you in the first place.
Vita said
May 22 4:41 AM, 2022
the deity known as Maddog wrote:
I'm never surprised when a lone wolf does something like this. Evil people exist.
But when it's a group, I'm still a bit shocked.
How do you get 4 people that depraved, to find each other and engage in this shit?
Yes i know, we hear of bad apples but so many in the same place in the same time is shocking.
I first heard about this type of crime thirty years ago when Suzanne Capper was murdered by a gang of six people.
One of the worst murders i've ever heard of, that included a brother and sister and husband and wife.
They seemed to egg each other on and try and impress each other with new ways of torturing the victim.
Vita said
May 22 4:47 AM, 2022
Would a change in the law stop this?
Make it mandatory that all those convicted of murder get a 'Whole life tariff'
Why should some murders be deemed more serious than others, murder is murder.
Years ago when Glasgow's Razor gangs were getting out of control a Judge Called Lord Carmont had enough and started using the full force of the law when he sentenced those convicted of knife crimes.
Six months became ten years and it became known as 'Copping a Carmont' and suddenly slashing someone wasn't so appealing.
Maybe a full life term would deter people.
Magica said
May 22 1:17 PM, 2022
Love should be life. Die in prison!
Vita said
May 22 3:50 PM, 2022
Magica wrote:
Love should be life. Die in prison!
Aye and with the minimum of comforts. America's prison system is better than ours. A lot better.
Anonymous said
May 23 1:35 PM, 2022
Magica wrote:
Oh so wicked and so sad for the victim. 😢
There are a lot of truly evil people in this world, one of them is one of my brothers - yet he has had a wonderful life.
Magica said
May 23 3:22 PM, 2022
Vita wrote:
Magica wrote:
Love should be life. Die in prison!
Aye and with the minimum of comforts. America's prison system is better than ours. A lot better.
Yes it is, ours should be like that.
'I meant life not love'
Digger said
May 23 5:29 PM, 2022
JD, I Have moved your post for Magica to see in another thread.
Three men and a teenager convicted of murdering a 'gentle and peaceful' student at a New Year's Eve party by viciously beating him unconscious and then throwing his body over a balcony have been jailed for life today.
A court heard William 'Billy' Henham's attackers also callously stripped him naked and doused him in bleach in a bid to 'cover their tracks' by destroying any forensic evidence.
Just a few hours before his brutal death, the 24-year-old had been seen 'singing, dancing and smiling' in a Brighton nightclub.
However, by dawn on January 1, 2020 he had been subjected to the 'sustained and significant' fatal assault involving punches, kicks, stamps, and even blows from a broken stair spindle, leaving him with 67 separate injuries.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10838305
Seeing his last video images, and not being able to warn him, I cant imagine the hell his family are going through.
Horrific - the pain he must have suffered is unimaginable.
The world around us seems to be increasingly more feral with each passing day. But I still have to keep believing that for every one soulless deranged psycho we see/learn of, there are countless thousands of good harmless people just going about their lives.
But when it's a group, I'm still a bit shocked.
How do you get 4 people that depraved, to find each other and engage in this shit?
Like attracts like? You could probably assume they were totally blitzed on alcohol + drugs…resulting in mindless sadistic ‘partying’.
Drugs and alcohol most likely had a lot to do with it, but I believe you have to have the violence in you in the first place.
Yes i know, we hear of bad apples but so many in the same place in the same time is shocking.
I first heard about this type of crime thirty years ago when Suzanne Capper was murdered by a gang of six people.
One of the worst murders i've ever heard of, that included a brother and sister and husband and wife.
They seemed to egg each other on and try and impress each other with new ways of torturing the victim.
Would a change in the law stop this?
Make it mandatory that all those convicted of murder get a 'Whole life tariff'
Why should some murders be deemed more serious than others, murder is murder.
Years ago when Glasgow's Razor gangs were getting out of control a Judge Called Lord Carmont had enough and started using the full force of the law when he sentenced those convicted of knife crimes.
Six months became ten years and it became known as 'Copping a Carmont' and suddenly slashing someone wasn't so appealing.
Maybe a full life term would deter people.
Aye and with the minimum of comforts. America's prison system is better than ours. A lot better.
There are a lot of truly evil people in this world, one of them is one of my brothers - yet he has had a wonderful life.
Yes it is, ours should be like that.
'I meant life not love'