Tom ap Rhys Pryce | |
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| Born | Thomas Mervyn ap Rhys Pryce 13 October 1974 Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, UK |
| Died | 12 January 2006 (aged 31) Kensal Green, London, UK |
| Cause of death | Murder by stabbing |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Known for | Murder victim |
| Partner | Adele Eastman (engaged) |
Thomas Mervyn "Tom" ap Rhys Pryce (13 October 1974 – 12 January 2006) was a 31-year-old British lawyer who was robbed and murdered by two teenagers as he made his way home in Kensal Green, northwest London, on 12 January 2006. The two, Donnel Carty and Delano Brown, were sentenced to life imprisonment.[1]
The crime was widely reported for the way in which Pryce was murdered, only metres from his own home, and had only his Oyster card and mobile phone taken from him, but no money (the case being widely reported as an example of steaming). The murderers were later tracked down when the police examined CCTV footage of where the Oyster card was used after the murder. The crime caused a political uproar and condemnation of railway station security. The Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust was set up after the murder,[2] and a school was built in his honour.
- ^ "Neighbour 'saw lawyer's murder'". BBC News. 1 November 2006. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
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