• Dylan Thomas, 24, was accused of stabbing his friend William Bush, 23, to death in a “frenzied attack” on December 24, 2023, a court in Wales heard.
• The suspect is reportedly the heir to the multi-million dollar company Peter’s Savory Products
• Thomas previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder

The heir to a reported $291 million fortune is accused of killing his friend in a “frenzied attack”.

On Wednesday, November 13, Dylan Thomas, 24, appeared before Cardiff Crown Court in the United Kingdom via video link from a psychiatric hospital. it happened He was accused of stabbing his friend William BushHe died at their home in Llandaff on 24 December 2023, aged 23. BBC and UK newspapers Times And Independent,

Accordingly Telegram, BBC And TimesThomas is the heir to the multimillion-dollar cake company Peter’s Savory Products. He is reportedly the grandson of the company’s former co-owner, Sir Stanley Thomas.

Thomas had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied murder. Sky NewsBBC and Independent stated.

Per TimesBush was about to move out of the home he shared with Thomas to live with his girlfriend Ella Jeffries at the time of the attack.

Prosecution lawyer Greg Bull described the victim as “a quiet and passive man who avoided confrontation.”

“Dylan Thomas was a loner and his only real friend was Will,” Bull said of the suspect, according to the publication. The two reportedly met at school.

The court heard that on December 23 Thomas traveled to the Vale of Rhoose, Glamorgan, to stay with his grandmother Sharon Burton, while Bush was to spend the evening with Jeffries before spending Christmas with his family in Brecon in mid-Wales. BBC reported.

The BBC said that just after midnight on Christmas Eve, Bull searched for “neck anatomy” on the suspect’s computer, then texted Bush and said he needed to see him before the holidays.

After he tried and failed to book an Uber at 3:31 a.m. local time, his grandmother drove him back to her house that morning after saying he “wanted to walk the dog.” While he was parked outside the house, Thomas entered and reportedly stabbed Bush 37 times, the BBC reported.

Thomas was “armed with a large kitchen knife and a black lock knife or light knife” Independent Regarding the attack, he said Bush was trying to “run for his life” when Thomas first stabbed him in the neck from behind.

“It is clear that Dylan Thomas used the kitchen knife to stab Mr. Bush in the chest and slit his throat, severing the major artery in his neck, resulting in Mr. Bush bleeding to death,” Bull said.

Times He reported that 21 of the wounds Bush suffered during the “seven minutes of terror” were to his neck.

The hearing heard that Burton performed CPR on Bush on the veranda outside the property after Thomas hit “his car window”, the BBC reported. According to the report, Thomas called 999 (the UK version of 911) and accused Bush of stabbing him.

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After the attack, Thomas told police he stabbed Bush in self-defense and that the victim was “throwing a fit.” Independent.

The publication added that the prosecution admitted that the suspect was “mentally unstable” and was dealing with psychosis before the stabbing.

“Following the murder, his condition deteriorated and as a result he was being treated for schizophrenia in hospital,” Bull said, but argued that the suspect had intended to carry out the “crazy attack”.

The court also heard that two months before the alleged attack, Bush “barricaded himself in his bedroom” after Thomas said he had killed himself. Times stated.

“Sometime between October and November 2023, Mr. Bush told Ella that there was an occasion when Mr. Thomas said to Mr. Bush: ‘I thought about or wondered about killing you,'” Bull told the court.

“These words were taken seriously by Mr Bush and that night he told Ella that he had barricaded the bedroom door to prevent Mr Thomas from entering the bedroom while he was sleeping. “He was scared,” the prosecutor added.

The hearing also heard that Thomas was “arrested in London for trying to climb Buckingham Palace” on November 6 after trying to “climb a 14ft fence” outside the royal residence, according to Sky News.

The trial continues. Cardiff Crown Court did not immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE.