Father, 51, killed on a train in front of his 14-year-old son 'was stabbed NINE times'

The suspect accused of murdering an IT consultant on a London-bound train stabbed him nine times before he died in front of his 14-year-old son in an attack caught on CCTV, a court heard today.

Darren Pencille, 35, from Farnham, Surrey, is accused of killing Lee Pomeroy, 51, on the South Western Railway service from Guildford to Waterloo last Friday lunchtime.

Pencille's girlfriend Chelsea Mitchell, 27, allegedly drove him to safety as he fled Horsley Station and helped change his appearance as police hunted for him.

Today the murder suspect decided to sit on the floor of the glass dock at Staines Magistrates' Court claiming he was 'hearing voices' and was 'too paranoid' to stand up. 

Wearing a grey tracksuit and black, thick-rimmed glasses was heard muttering to the two security guards flanking him to 'get me out of here'.



 As he was taken away he told chair of the bench Helen Mattey: 'I'm innocent until proven guilty'. 

Pencille, who is charged with murder and possessing an offensive weapon, did not enter any pleas.

He was remanded in custody and will appear again at Guildford Crown Court this afternoon. 

Chelsea Mitchell, 27, appeared before magistrates accused of assisting an offender - but was not in the dock with her lover.

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