Teenagers Convicted of Murdering City Lawyer

Tom ap Rhys Pryce, a 31-year-old city lawyer, was stabbed to death during a robbery in January this year in north-west London. The perpetrators, Donnel Carty and Delano Brown, targeted Pryce for his travel card, mobile phone, and bank cards. The court heard that an hour before the murder, the pair had robbed a chef, taking his mobile phone, travelcard, and £60. Pryce was chased to within feet of his home after refusing to hand over his possessions and was left to die in the gutter after being stabbed twice in the chest.

Key Takeaways:

• Donnel Carty and Delano Brown were found guilty of murdering Tom ap Rhys Pryce, a 31-year-old city lawyer, at the Old Bailey yesterday.
• The pair face life jail terms when they are sentenced today for the murder, which was committed during a robbery in north-west London in January this year.
• Carty and Brown had previously robbed Kurshid Ali, a chef, an hour before the murder, taking his mobile phone, travelcard, and £60.
• They had also been part of a gang which robbed two travellers on Tube trains three weeks earlier, stabbing each of them in the leg.
• Pryce was targeted soon after leaving Kensal Green Tube station and was chased to within feet of his home before being stabbed twice in the chest.
• His fiancée, Adele Eastman, was waiting at their home a few feet away and witnessed the aftermath of the attack.
• The prosecution stated that Pryce may have taken on the robbers and that they rose to the challenge, resulting in the attack on him.
• Carty sold Pryce's mobile phone for £30 to a grocer's assistant the following morning and was also photographed trying to use the dead man's travelcard at Kensal Green station.
• The defendants were arrested six days after the murder.

Statistics:

• £60 was stolen from Kurshid Ali, a chef, by Carty and Brown an hour before the murder.
• £30 was the price at which Carty sold Pryce's mobile phone to a grocer's assistant.
• 2 travellers were stabbed in the leg by Carty and Brown on Tube trains three weeks before the murder.
• 2 stabbing incidents were linked to Carty and Brown in the months preceding the murder.
• 1 hour prior to the murder, Carty and Brown committed another robbery, targeting Kurshid Ali.

Sources:

• "Byline: Jason Bennetto Crime Correspondent" article (exact attribution)
• The case details and statements were directly taken from the provided article.