Overview
- A jury found Adam Rowson guilty of murdering chef Alexis De Naray, and the judge set sentencing for May 6 with Rowson remanded in custody.
- Jurors heard that De Naray suffered 17 broken ribs, a brain haemorrhage and other injuries, and a pathologist said he was subjected to significant blunt force before he died.
- Rowson admitted causing the injuries and said he acted in self-defence, describing punches and blows with a vodka bottle, a chair and two saucepans, but the jury rejected his account.
- Evidence showed the pair met at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and walked to Rowson’s squat, where De Naray was later found face down and naked under a blood-stained sleeping bag.
- De Naray trained at the Prue Leith Cooking School and worked in top London kitchens, but he had become homeless and struggled with alcohol by the time of his death.