Attempted murder verdict in London hotel thief's hammer attack on UAE sisters
A thief who crept into a London hotel room and brutally attacked three sisters from the United Arab Emirates with a claw hammer was found guilty of attempted murder on Tuesday.
A thief who crept into a London hotel room and brutally attacked three sisters from the United Arab Emirates with a claw hammer was found guilty of attempted murder on Tuesday.
Philip Spence, 32, attacked the three tourists as they slept with their children at the four-star Cumberland Hotel on April 6.
A jury of seven women and five men at London's Southwark Crown Court found Spence, from Harlesden in northwest London, guilty and he could be sentenced to life in prison.
"The sentence I will have to consider is a full life term," said Judge Anthony Leonard.
The Emirati sisters - Ohoud, Khulood and Fatima al-Najja - were sharing adjoining rooms in the hotel and had left their doors open to allow a fourth sister to return later. Spence crept in and was seen by Khulood shortly before 1.30am, rifling through handbags.
