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Two men found guilty of 'brutal and frenzied' murder of lifeguard in ex-girlfriend’s flat

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A man accused of stabbing a lifeguard to death in his ex-girlfriend’s bed, and his friend who encouraged the attack, have both been found guilty of murder.

Kaydon Prior knifed Harrison Tomkins, 25, in the chest, legs and back with a hunting knife in a “brutal and frenzied” attack in Crawley, on August 13 2023.

His friend Jason Curtis, 22, encouraged and assisted Prior in the murder.

During a trial at , jurors heard Prior, 23, was a “jealous and

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