Murder suspects found guilty of stabbing French students

Posted by John Niederkorn on 6/04/09 • Categorized as Europe, Legal

Per Guardian UK, two men were found guilty in the brutal murder of two French students last year inside their London flat. The two slain foreign exchange students were tied up, tortured and left for dead having been stabbed over 243 times as a result of a robbery.

Dano Sonnex, 23 and Nigel Farmer, 34 were convicted earlier today for crimes one prosecutor described as “an orgy of bloodletting.” At the time of the murders, Sonnex had been paroled and under probational supervision after serving an eight-year sentence for violence and robbery.

A French user commented on the killings:

Wikio_LaUne Laurent et Gabriel : leurs tueurs condamnés (M6): Emotion et soulagement pour les familles de Laurent Bonomo et Gabriel Ferez. (Laurent and Gabriel: their killers condemned (M6): Emotion and relief for families of Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez.) 04 Jun 2009 from twitterfeed

Twitter users all over the UK expressed outrage and empathy surrounding the savage stabbings:

rognbrow (London, England) Guilty verdicts at the Old Bailey for the killers of those two poor french students. Now we must wait for the sentencing 04 Jun 2009 from web

Graftacus (Leeds, England, U.K) is wondering if there’s any point in keeping Dano Sonnex alive! He’s caught, bang to rights, what’s the point of keeping this animal caged?? 04 Jun 2009 from web

Kapuskasing (Cambridge, England) the guys have gone down for the murder of those two french students in south london last year…horrible 04 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck

sue_ward (UK) the story of the murderers of the 2 french students is making me feel sick. It makes me feel that capital punishment isn’t such a bad thing. 04 Jun 2009 from TweetDeck

misha_khan (Bristol, England, UK) Probably not the most appropriate place to be saying this but RIP Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo. The most heart-renching tragedy. RIP. 04 Jun 2009 from web

GillianP ( UK) Gasping at court report in judgment of murder of French students in London. Horrendous systemic failure. Students normally welcome, safe. 04 Jun 2009 from web

VideoNasty (London) Jack Straw blaming the murders of Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez on a probation service he’s repeatedly cut funding to is pissing me off. 04 Jun 2009 from web