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French students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez, both 23, were tied up and stabbed a total of 244 times during a break-in at Mr Bonomo's bedsit in Sterling Gardens, New Cross, on June 29 last year. Two men have been found guilty of murdering the students.
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French students murders: Gifted pair had bright futures

French student Laurent Bonomo had planned to move in with his girlfriend

12:25pm Thursday 4th June 2009

THEY were two brilliant students with bright futures ahead of them, but their lives were to end when two sadistic thugs, high on drugs, burst into their world.

French students murders: Woman names baby after killer Sonnex

Fay Culyer was accused of lying to protect murderer Dano Sonnex

12:11pm Thursday 4th June 2009

A WOMAN accused of lying in court to protect murderer Dano Sonnex has named her newborn baby after him.

French students murders: Killer Sonnex family members involved in case

Dano Sonnex has been found guilty of murdering two French students in New Cross when he should have been in custody

12:33pm Thursday 4th June 2009

THE family of killer Dano Sonnex played a major role during his trial for murder.

French students murders: Mother's panic after son failed to call

Laurent Bonomo's mother had tried to contact him on the day he was killed

1:51pm Thursday 4th June 2009

THE mother of murdered French student Laurent Bonomo has revealed how she desperately tried to call her son on the day he died.

Update - NEW CROSS: Jury will be out for fifth day in French students murder trial

4:10pm Wednesday 3rd June 2009

A JURY in the trial of two men accused of murdering two French students will spend a fifth day considering their verdicts tomorrow (June 4).

Update - NEW CROSS: Jury still out on French students murder trial

4:30pm Tuesday 2nd June 2009

A JURY in the trial of two men accused of murdering two French students has been sent home and will start its fourth day of deliberations tomorrow (June 3).

Update - NEW CROSS: Jury in French students murder trial sent home

1:04pm Friday 29th May 2009

THE jury in the trial of two men accused of murdering two French students has been sent home for the weekend.

NEW CROSS: Man may have killed students 'on his own'

4:33pm Wednesday 27th May 2009

A 23-YEAR-OLD man accused of murdering two French students was capable of killing them all by himself, a court heard today.

NEW CROSS: Man accused of killing French students 'not a violent maniac'

Nigel Farmer has admitted starting the fire at the French students' flat in New Cross

1:41pm Wednesday 27th May 2009

THE jury in the case of two murdered French students must consider the “clear possibility” that a man accused of the killings is innocent, a court heard.

NEW CROSS: Jury warned of sympathy for dead students' families

Laurent Bonomo’s father Guy Bonomo (left) and Gabriel Ferez's parents Olivier Ferez and Francoise Villemont have been attending court

1:43pm Friday 22nd May 2009

THE jury in the case of two murdered French students has been urged not to be swayed by sympathy for the dead men's families.

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