Heir to £230million pie fortune ‘stabbed greatest pal 12 occasions in neck’
- Dylan Thomas has been charged with murdering William Bush, 23, in Cardiff
- Thomas, additionally 23, is the grandson of tycoon Sir Gilbert Stanley Thomas
The housemate of a privately-educated inheritor to a £230million pie fortune accused of homicide was discovered ‘stabbed 12 occasions within the neck’ within the rented house they shared.
Dylan Thomas, 23, has been charged the deadly stabbing of his greatest pal William Bush, who he was at public faculty with.
The 23-year-old was discovered lifeless in a newly-built home, owned by Thomas’s grandfather Sir Stanley Thomas, a Welsh tycoon behind a enterprise empire together with Peter’s Pies.
Mr Bush, a surveyor with a business property agent, had allegedly been stabbed within the neck 12 occasions.
Locals heard screams on the morning of Christmas Eve. Detectives and forensic officers spent two weeks on the scene in Llandaff, Cardiff, the place flowers had been laid by shocked mates.
Dylan Thomas, 23, (pictured) has been charged with the homicide of his greatest pal William Bush, additionally 23, who he was at public faculty with
Will Bush (pictured) was discovered lifeless in a newly-built home in Llandaff, Cardiff, on Christmas eve
The physique of Will, 23, was discovered on the pair’s rented house (pictuerd) in Cardiff’s Llandaff space on Christmas Eve
Flowers have been laid exterior the house the place William Bush was discovered lifeless
Locals stated the pair had been ‘clean-living and healthful’ younger males who had been good neighbours.
Thomas was a tenant of the property collectively owned by his grandparents and Wales rugby legend Gareth Edwards.
The £425,000 property the place they stay was constructed by former Wales and British Lions scrum-half Terry Holmes.
Computer programmer Thomas moved in along with his black Labrador two years in the past and Will joined him a number of months later.
The pair turned mates once they had been each pupils at Christ College in Brecon.
Dylan Thomas is the grandson of Sir Gilbert Stanley Thomas — the Welsh tycoon behind a enterprise empire that included Peter’s Pies
William Bush, 23, who was decribed as ‘loyal, humorous and caring’ was discovered with accidents at an tackle in Chapel Street at about 11.30am on Sunday, December 24
Will’s heartbroken father David Bush is deputy head on the non-public faculty.
Llandaff village was busy with last-minute Christmas buyers when screams had been heard coming from the home.
It’s believed a girl pal of the pair known as in and located the distressing scene.
An assistant on the florist store subsequent door stated: ‘It appeared like she had discovered the person with knife wounds and tried to avoid wasting him. Her fingers had been coated in blood.
‘The subsequent factor there have been police all over the place and I noticed a person on the ground with two officers on prime of him.”
Thomas was as a consequence of seem at Cardiff Crown Court on January 2 however refused to enter the dock. He was remanded in custody in his absence.
Dylan Thomas, 23, has been charged with homicide of his housemate Will Bush
Detectives and forensic officers spent two weeks on the scene in Llandaff, Cardiff, the place flowers had been laid by shocked mates.
His great-grandfather, Sir Thomas Stanley Thomas, launched pie big Peter’s again in 1971.
He died in 2015, aged 98, along with his funeral being attended by Gareth Edwards and former Union and League star Jonathan Davies, now a TV pundit.
Thomas is the only real director of three tech firms listed on the property only a two-minute stroll from Llandaff Cathedral.
Tributes have been paid to rugby-loving Will, who labored as a surveyor with a business property firm.
His devastated household stated: ‘Will was such a loyal, humorous and caring son, brother and boyfriend.’
Dylan Thomas, pictured along with his mom, was educated on the non-public Christ College in Brecon
Dylan Thomas, charged with homicide, is the inheritor to a £230million pie business fortune, together with Peter’s Pies
Multi-millionaire Sir Stanley Thomas, 82, was knighted in 2006 for providers to enterprise
Multi-millionaire Sir Stanley Thomas, 82, obtained a knighthood in 2006 for his providers to enterprise.
Originally from Merthyr Tydfil, his father, additionally known as Stanley Thomas, started promoting meat pies within the Valleys within the Nineteen Fifties.
Sir Thomas and his brother Peter Thomas took over the operating of the enterprise, which was named Peter’s Savoury Products, when their father retired in 1986.
The firm stayed within the household for years earlier than being bought to Grand Metropolitan in 1988 for £75million.
The household’s business curiosity within the enterprise ended there but it surely went on to alter possession a variety of occasions and had a turnover of £57million final 12 months.
They additionally owned a fifth share of the TBI group, which owned Cardiff International and a variety of different airports.
In 2004, their sale of the group to Spanish firm Albertis made the household greater than £100million between them.
Sir Stanley has additionally invested in his hometown’s rugby membership and has been concerned with a number of charities.
