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| Burglar guilty of murdering woman | Burglar guilty of murdering woman |
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| A burglar has been found guilty of beating a mother-of-two to death in a drunken rage. | A burglar has been found guilty of beating a mother-of-two to death in a drunken rage. |
| Lloyd Edwards, 19, was convicted of murdering Laila Rezk, 51, who was found by her children at her home in Kingston Vale, south-west London. | Lloyd Edwards, 19, was convicted of murdering Laila Rezk, 51, who was found by her children at her home in Kingston Vale, south-west London. |
| She was left with severe brain damage after the attack in November 2006, Kingston Crown Court heard. | She was left with severe brain damage after the attack in November 2006, Kingston Crown Court heard. |
| Edwards, from Norley Vale, Roehampton, south-west London, admitted manslaughter but had denied murder. | Edwards, from Norley Vale, Roehampton, south-west London, admitted manslaughter but had denied murder. |
| He told police he decided to get some money by committing a burglary, after his mother dropped him off near his father's house. | He told police he decided to get some money by committing a burglary, after his mother dropped him off near his father's house. |
| The court heard that he had been drinking all day in the lead up to the murder. | The court heard that he had been drinking all day in the lead up to the murder. |
| Face unrecognisable | |
| Mrs Rezk was preparing a family dinner when Edwards entered the house and carried out a violent and sustained attack. | |
| Her injuries suggested she had been punched a number of times and her head smashed against a wall. | Her injuries suggested she had been punched a number of times and her head smashed against a wall. |
| She was still breathing when daughter Dina, then 22, and son Tamer, then 20, walked in through the open doorway. | |
| Their mother was lying on the hallway floor with terrible head injuries. | |
| Prosecutor Richard Whittam said the young woman "could not recognise her mother's face" because of the injuries, which were so severe that paramedics thought a weapon must have been used. | |
| The injury that killed Mrs Rezk was likely to be the "hyper-extension" of the neck as her head was forced back by a blow, causing damage to her brain stem. |