A man who brutally attacked another man in Brighton in 2018 has been convicted of murder again.
Sergio Lemori repeatedly dropped a stone slab onto the head of Andrew O’Connell – who was unknown to him – as he was sleeping in Royal Pavilion Gardens.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment following the unprovoked incident about 11.56pm on 7 August, 2018.
After serving more than six years of his term in prison, he successfully appealed against his conviction on the basis of diminished responsibility.
The case went for retrial at Hove Crown Court on Monday 27 July, where a jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict on Thursday 6 August.
Lemori, now 40, was remanded in custody to appear before the same court on Tuesday 11 August, where he was re-sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 25 years.
Tragically, Andrew was only discovered at 7.10am the morning after the attack.
He was taken to Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, where he sadly died from his injuries two days later, aged 54.
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