Killer passenger was ‘cornered like a mouse’

A train passenger accused of murdering an IT consultant had to use the lock-knife in his pocket after the bigger man cornered him ‘like a cat with a mouse’, the Old Bailey heard. Darren Pencille, 36, stabbed 51-year-old Lee Pomeroy 18 times in less than 30 seconds on board the Guildford to London Waterloo train on January 4. The argument broke out after Pencille allegedly made a ‘snide’ remark as he jostled past the Mr Pomeroy and his 14-year-old son…

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