A COURT has been shown graphic images of the bodies of two murdered students today (April 27).

Jury members at the Old Bailey asked for a break as they were shown pictures of Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo.

The 23-year-old students died at Mr Bonomo's flat in Sterling Gardens, New Cross, on the morning of June 29 last year.

Both Bonomo's girlfriend Marie Bertez and Mr Ferez's father Olivier both had to leave the court due to the upsetting images.

A post-mortem examination of Mr Bonomo showed he had been subjected to “a prolonged, determined and very violent attack.”

Of the 194 stab wounds Mr Bonomo received, there were 12 to his abdomen, 15 to his left side, and 28 to his back.

Two wounds to his neck severed the left cartoid artery, one of the main arteries supplying blood to the brain.

Mr Aylett said this was probably one of the last injuries Mr Bonomo received.

And Mr Ferez's 50 injuries showed “evidence of a sustained frenzy”, Mr Aylett said, including stabs to both eyes and one which passed through his shoulder blade.

The images showed how Mr Bonomo had been bound using pieces of cloth and a long-sleeved top, while Ferez had been tied using stockings and a tea towel.

It is alleged that Dano Sonnex and Nigel Farmer tortured the students for their pin numbers before killing them.

Sonnex attempted to use Bonomo's bank card 11 times to withdraw cash from a machine at the ICC store on New Cross Road, it was claimed.

He managed to take out £360 before the card reached its daily limit at around 6.50am.

CCTV footage also showed Sonnex returning to New Cross Road around half an hour later, this time wearing what the prosecution allege were Frerez's glasses in an attempt to disguise himself.

This time Sonnex tried using Ferez's card but it was swallowed up by the ICC machine.

The bloodstained card was later recovered by police.

It is alleged Sonnex then returned to the flat to kill the two students, Prosecutor Crispin Aylett said: “They had nothing left to hand over, nothing else to tell, no pin numbers to give, and now I'm afraid it was time for them to die.”

Farmer admits he returned later that evening to set fire to the flat but says he did so because he was scared of Sonnex.

At the scene, officers found bloodied fingermarks on Mr Bonomo's bed.

Forensic investigation showed the blood was the student's and a palm mark belonged to Sonnex.

Blood stains were also found in the bathroom and in the bedroom “there was blood everywhere”, Mr Aylett said.

Sonnex's brother's girlfriend says that Farmer told her he had burned the clothes he and Sonnex had worn at the time.

When he handed himself in to police, Farmer, who had week-old burns, complained of feeling weak and shaky.

Mr Aylett said: “He was, he said, withdrawing from crack-cocaine, heroin and alcohol, all of which he was used to taking regularly.”

He told a police doctor that for the last two years he had been spending £50 to £60 on crack cocaine every day.

And he said in the last six weeks he had been using £40 worth of heroin a day.

It is claimed that Sonnex “went on the run” after the murders, spending part of the time on the Isle of Sheppey.

He was eventually arrested at his grandparents home in Peckham where he allegedly hid in a loft from police.

The accused man was seen by a police helicopter putting his head through a sky-light and then ducking back down.

Both men blame each other for the murders.

Sonnex, aged 23, of Etta Street, Deptford, and Farmer, aged 33, of no fixed address, both deny murder, arson and false imprisonment.

Sonnex admits burglary but Farmer denies the charge.

The trial continues.