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| Tagged burglar guilty of murder | Tagged burglar guilty of murder |
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| A burglar beat a mother-of-two to death in a drunken rage two months after being released from a detention centre with an electronic tag. | |
| 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, in 2006. | 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, in 2006. |
| Edwards was issued with a tag when he was released early from an 18-month Detention and Training Order. | |
| Edwards, of south-west London, admitted manslaughter but had denied murder. | Edwards, of south-west London, admitted manslaughter but had denied murder. |
| The court heard that he had been drinking all day in the lead up to the murder on 29 November. | |
| Sustained attack | Sustained attack |
| 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. |
| Mrs Rezk was preparing a family dinner when Edwards entered the house and carried out a violent and sustained attack. | 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. | She was still breathing when daughter Dina, then 22, and son Tamer, then 20, walked in through the open doorway. |
| Laila Rezk died the day after the attack in her London home | Laila Rezk died the day after the attack in her London home |
| Their mother was lying on the hallway floor with terrible head injuries. | 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. | 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 her neck as her head was forced back by a blow, causing damage to her brain stem. | The injury that killed Mrs Rezk was likely to be the "hyper-extension" of her neck as her head was forced back by a blow, causing damage to her brain stem. |
| Edwards, from Roehampton, was released two months early from a Young Offenders' Institution on 29 September 2006. | Edwards, from Roehampton, was released two months early from a Young Offenders' Institution on 29 September 2006. |
| Risk assessment | Risk assessment |
| He had been given an 18-month Detention and Training Order for burglary. | He had been given an 18-month Detention and Training Order for burglary. |
| He was released after seven months and fitted with an electronic tag. | He was released after seven months and fitted with an electronic tag. |
| A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "Those given a Detention and Training Order of 18 months or more may be eligible for release one or two months early, subject to behaviour whilst in prison and passing a risk assessment." | A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "Those given a Detention and Training Order of 18 months or more may be eligible for release one or two months early, subject to behaviour whilst in prison and passing a risk assessment." |
| Edwards will be sentenced on Thursday. | Edwards will be sentenced on Thursday. |