Double killer Lee Peacock found guilty of murdering his girlfriend Sharon Pickles and associate Clinton Ashmore

A “warped and angry” killer has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend and an associate within weeks of being released from jail.

Lee Peacock cut the throats of 46-year-old Sharon Pickles and 59-year-old Clinton Ashmore in Westminster, central London, over two days in August 2021.

The 50-year-old then turned the 4cm-long knife on himself after a five-day manhunt led police to a houseboat, where he was hiding out.

He appeared at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, where the jury took just two hours and 20 minutes to find him guilty of double murder.

Peacock, a self-confessed burglar and thief, had only been released from prison on 4 June 2021.

He admitted killing the pair, but had denied it was murder, claiming Ms Pickles’ death was a “pure accident” and that Mr Ashmore had punched him in the head after he confessed to killing her.