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This is the man guilty of brutally murdering a 21-year-old man in a South Wales park. Wayne Royston, 35, stabbed Dean Shorney to death in Bargoed before fleeing and then lying to police. Yesterday, Royston, who lived near the park with his wife and daughter, was found guilty of murder. He was due to be sentenced at Cardiff Crown Court today.: FROM PAGE 6&7: 'We hope Dean's murderer gets life and rots in hell':This is the man who killed childlike Dean Shorney. He is 35-year-old Wayne Royston - a man who had warned doctors he would one day murder, and who was yesterday found guilty of that ultimate crime. Psychiatrists, police, social workers and community medical staff all knew about South Africa-born Royston's homicidal fantasies. And today the relief at the guilty verdict of the small Valleys community where both men lived was mixed with anger that nothing had been done to stop the killer. Councillor Diane Price, of Bargoed, said: 'Everybody is asking how was this allowed to happen. Everybody is shocked here. This has absolutely devastated Dean's parents.' Royston had told mental health workers the type of victim he would choose and how he would use a knife, attack from behind and cut them across the throat. But when tragic Dean Shorney, a 21-year- old with learning difficulties who matched Royston's description of his ideal victim, was found dead, Royston, of Gilfach Street, Bargoed, denied being the killer. Shorney had been found with 37 stab wounds and a cut around his neck from ear to ear. And Royston was found covered in his blood. But the killer's lies to police that Dean's blood got on him as he stumbled across his body in Bargoed Park on April 18, forced a four-week trial at Cardiff Crown Court. And yesterday afternoon, the jury took less than an hour to return unanimous verdicts - guilty of murder and guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice by persuading his wife Emma to give him a false alibi that night. The Recorder of Cardiff, John Griffith Williams QC, told the jurors there would be no release for a very long time for 'such a dangerous man' and was sentencing him today. Emma Royston is also to be sentenced for attempting to pervert the course of justice. In the words of one Bargoed resident, justice was delivered in the time it took to 'drink a cup of tea' but was what thousands wanted. Mr James Kerby, 55, who knew Dean and lives in the same street as his family in Heolddu Crescent, said: 'I know the people of Bargoed and thousands living throughout the valley have followed this case. 'We can rest knowing Royston will spend, hopefully, the rest of his life in a cell.' Local councillor Dave Carter, who also knew Dean, said: 'I sincerely hope the mandatory life sentence will truly mean life.' A neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said: 'We hope he gets life and rots in hell.' Tudor Davies, councillor for Bargoed, said: 'It's terrifying to think it could have happened to any of us.' A spokesman for Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust said: ' We need to look at just exactly what happened and what steps we can or need to take.': FROM PAGE 7: 'He was a young child in a man's body':VICTIM Tragic Dean Shorney was - in the prosecution's words - a harmless soul, who wouldn't hurt a fly. Learning difficulties had left him childlike in some ways, but just four months before his brutal death he had celebrated his 21st birthday with his close and loving family - mum and dad Glenda and Robert, sister Kelly, 25, and brother Lee, 20. The day he met his killer, he had been to Porthcawl with his dad to eat his favourite lunch - curry - before a visit to Trecco Bay, a walk on the seafront then the drive home to Bargoed. Mrs Shorney was to say later: 'He didn't know before, that we'd booked a week there for Whitsun. He was so excited.' Dean had been 12 months old when they first noticed his development was getting behind. After Hengoed nursery, he had a home tutor before going on to Trinity Fields special needs school in Ystrad Mynach where he was popular with staff and travelled abroad.
Later he would enjoy music, singing along to his favourites, and was 'fun loving', said his family.See the full content of this document
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Face of Dean's Killer
He was 14 when he started to enjoy daily walks around his home town and in Bargoed Park, meeting up with youngsters he regarded as his friends.
He liked to play on the swings, visit th...See the full content of this document
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