2016-10-26
Prisoner guilty of murdering fellow inmate after row over switching TV channels
Stage: Sentence
Plea: Not guilty
Outcome: Brian Veale (31) stabbed Graham Johnson (41) through the heart with a carving knife and smiled as he told a witness: "If I get a life sentence it doesn't matter". Mr Feng Chen told the court that Mr Veale "approached" the deceased and "stabbed him with a knife in the heart area." "He (Brian Veale) then smiled at me, called my name and said: 'If I get a life sentence it doesn't matter'," said the witness.; She adjourned sentencing until November 7.