Dedan Simmons, 40, of Clapham Road in Stockwell, South London, has been found guilty of the murder of Shaun McEvoy by a jury at Woolwich Crown Court. The court heard harrowing details of the incident in which Simmons brutally beat McEvoy to death over a drug debt.
According to prosecutor Anne Whyte, Simmons barged into a flat on Durham Street in Kennington uninvited, confronting McEvoy about money owed for drugs. In a violent outburst, Simmons shouted obscenities and demanded payment before viciously assaulting McEvoy, stomping on his chest and threatening others present with a knife.