Lee Pomeroy death: Police release harrowing audio of row moments before father repeatedly stabbed on train

Megan White3 July 2019
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Police have released a harrowing recording of the row which took place moments before a father was stabbed to death on a train.

Lee Pomeroy, 51, was allegedly repeatedly knifed by 36-year-old Darren Pencille just five minutes after boarding a London-bound train at Guildford, Surrey, on January 4.

The Old Bailey previously heard he was stabbed 18 times in 25 seconds in front of his 14-year-old son.

Audio issued by the British Transport Police captured the heated row which is said to have taken place before the attack.

Darren Pencille, 36 and victim Lee Pomeroy, 51, talking in a carriage on a London-bound train at Guildford, Surrey.
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The pair are heard shouting, allegedly because one of them was blocking the aisle onboard the train.

Police also released 17 pictures of knives which were found on Pencille’s phone.

Lee Pomeroy was allegedly stabbed 18 times by Darren Pencille
British Transport Police

Previously, witness Kayleigh Carter told the trial at the Old Bailey that it seemed like the pair were talking at first, but not very loudly and directly to each other, adding: "It seemed like they had a tiff."

Initially not paying too much attention, she said there was no mention of violence and that they then moved to the middle of the carriage towards her, with Mr Pomeroy following Pencille.

Pictures of knives were found on Darren Pencille's phone when he was arrested
British Transport Police

"I remember one of them, I do not remember which one, said: 'All I did was be in the way'. I thought it was really petty if it was just about that," she said.

Ms Carter said the younger man was angry, but that she did not sense the same emotions from the older man, stating he was more "stern, stubborn and patronising".

Pictures of knives were found on Darren Pencille's phone when he was arrested
British Transport Police

With the argument continuing "for quite a while" and Pencille "really shouting", she said her path out of the carriage was blocked.

Ms Carter said she saw Pencille strike Mr Pomeroy first, telling the court: "I saw blood straight away, I panicked after that because I had to run through it."

Mr Pencille, of no fixed address, denies murder, and his girlfriend, Chelsea Mitchell, of Farnham, Surrey, has pleaded not guilty to assisting an offender.

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