Jury out in students murder trial

Dano Sonnex (left) and Nigel Farmer allegedly tortured the students

An Old Bailey jury trying two men accused of murdering two French students in a London bedsit has retired to consider its verdicts.

Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo, both 23, suffered hundreds of stab wounds in the attack in Sterling Gardens in New Cross in June last year.

Their flat was also set on fire and the bodies were found after an explosion.

Dano Sonnex, 23, of Peckham, south London and Nigel Farmer, 33, of no fixed address, deny murder.

Sonnex has admitted one count of burglary at the flat on the same day as the murders.

He and Mr Farmer have also pleaded not guilty to arson, false imprisonment and trying to pervert the course of justice. Mr Farmer also denies burglary.