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Two men have been found guilty of murdering two French students in a bedsit in south-east London.Two men have been found guilty of murdering two French students in a bedsit in south-east London.
Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo, both 23, suffered hundreds of stab wounds after being tied up during the attack in New Cross in June 2008.Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo, both 23, suffered hundreds of stab wounds after being tied up during the attack in New Cross in June 2008.
Dano Sonnex, 23, of Peckham, south London, and Nigel Farmer, 33, of no fixed address, had denied murder.Dano Sonnex, 23, of Peckham, south London, and Nigel Farmer, 33, of no fixed address, had denied murder.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has apologised to the families over blunders which left Sonnex free.Justice Secretary Jack Straw has apologised to the families over blunders which left Sonnex free.
Sonnex should have been in prison at the time of the killings, but has been freed following an administrative error.
'Unimaginable horror'
A senior probation officer in London has resigned as a result of the mistakes.A senior probation officer in London has resigned as a result of the mistakes.
'Unimaginable horror'
Lydie Bonomo said her son Laurent would still be alive today if the mistakes had not been made.Lydie Bonomo said her son Laurent would still be alive today if the mistakes had not been made.
Sonnex and Farmer have also been found guilty at the Old Bailey of charges of burglary and false imprisonment. Farmer was also found guilty at the Old Bailey of burglary, a charge Sonnex had already admitted.
During the trial prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC said Mr Ferez and Mr Bonomo had been tortured then murdered because Sonnex and Farmer were unable to get cash from a machine using one of the students' bank cards. Both men were also found guilty of false imprisonment and arson.
Both men deny murder, arson, false imprisonment and perverting justice The pair will be sentenced later on Thursday.
Students Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo were tied up and stabbed
During the trial, prosecutor Crispin Aylett QC said Mr Ferez and Mr Bonomo had been tortured then murdered because Sonnex and Farmer were unable to get cash from a machine using one of the students' bank cards.
Mr Aylett said: "To take revenge for the fact that they had been unable to steal money from Mr Ferez, both men were murdered in a way that can only be described as inhuman.Mr Aylett said: "To take revenge for the fact that they had been unable to steal money from Mr Ferez, both men were murdered in a way that can only be described as inhuman.
"What the firemen found was a scene of almost unimaginable horror.""What the firemen found was a scene of almost unimaginable horror."
Sonnex and Farmer had blamed each other, but Mr Aylett described the crime as a "joint enterprise of unmitigated evil".Sonnex and Farmer had blamed each other, but Mr Aylett described the crime as a "joint enterprise of unmitigated evil".
The biochemistry students from Polytech Clermont-Ferrand were weeks away from finishing a research project at Imperial College when they were killed on 29 June.The biochemistry students from Polytech Clermont-Ferrand were weeks away from finishing a research project at Imperial College when they were killed on 29 June.