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Artist’s son killed friend in cab fare row
THE son of a leading artist has begun an indefinite sentence after confessing the stabbing of “a good friend”.
Both were high on the drug Ketamine when they came to blows during a silly row over a cab fare outside a warehouse squat in east London, the Old Bailey heard.
Louis Lyon Chambers, 19, of Caledonian Road, Islington – whose father, Stephen Chambers, is a Royal Academy member – pleaded guilty to manslaughter “by reason of provocation”.
He denied murdering 21-year-old Dylan Bates-Fox, a plea accepted by the prosecution.
The two friends clashed on July 7 last year after visiting a squat in Bethnal Green. Mr Bates-Fox, who collapsed from a knife wound to the heart, died at the Royal London Hospital, in Whitechapel, hours later, said Oliver Glasgow, prosecuting.
He added: “Chambers has a drug habit and a nasty temper. Witnesses say that when angry he can become really destructive and he regularly carried a knife.”
On the night of the killing both were affected by drink and drugs. Chambers went “completely crazy” because he had paid the full amount for a cab fare and Mr Bates-Fox had not chipped in.
The victim and his girlfriend attacked Chambers with metal bars. Injured, Chambers got hold of a knife and lashed out, stabbing his pal in the chest.
Stewart Jones, QC, defending, said Chambers had suffered from mental health problems since childhood and the attack on him caused him to “completely lose control”. Chambers, who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome, was called “a retard and a mutant” during a running battle with the victim. “He went over the top and he is sorry,” added Mr Jones. |
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