He was known to voluntarily sleep out in the open. Sergio Lemori, now 40, killed O'Connell while he slept by repeatedly dropping a stone slab onto his head. Lemori was originally convicted of murder and jailed for life in 2018. After serving six years of his sentence, he successfully appealed his conviction on the grounds of diminished responsibility. A retrial at Hove Crown Court in July 2026 unanimously found him guilty of murder again, and he was re-sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years.
He was known to voluntarily sleep out in the open. Sergio Lemori, now 40, killed O'Connell while he slept by repeatedly dropping a stone slab onto his head. Lemori was originally convicted of murder and jailed for life in 2018. After serving six years of his sentence, he successfully appealed his conviction on the grounds of diminished responsibility. A retrial at Hove Crown Court in July 2026 unanimously found him guilty of murder again, and he was re-sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 25 years.
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