Llandaff murder trial: Gran regrets driving accused to scene

The grandmother of a man who killed his best friend on Christmas Eve wishes she had never taken her him to the house where it happened, a court has heard.

Dylan Thomas, 24, has admitted the manslaughter of William Bush, 23, in 2023, but denies murder.

Sharon Burton's police interview was shown to the jury on the second day of the trial at Cardiff Crown Court.

She told police she agreed to drive her grandson from her home in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, to the house he shared with Mr Bush on Chapel Street in Llandaff, Cardiff, because he wanted to check on his dog, Bruce.

The prosecution said he then armed himself with two knives and went up two flights of stairs to Mr Bush's bedroom, where he stabbed him in the back of the neck.

Mr Bush sustained a total of 37 stab wounds.

Mrs Burton told detectives she was startled by Mr Thomas outside her car and he was "banging on the window and he was covered in blood".

"He was in such a state. Screaming. Screaming. He kept saying. 'I think he's dead'," she added.

"I handed the phone to Dylan and said: 'Phone the police, phone the ambulance'. It felt like an age before I heard the sirens."

Mrs Burton found a wounded Mr Bush on the patio and began to give him CPR.

"I thought Will was still alive, his eyes were open... I prayed he was going to be OK and I didn't stop.

In the video interview, she broke down in tears, saying: "I should never have taken him."

The police officer conducting the interview told her not to blame herself.

"I never in a million years envisaged anything like that with Dylan because he's such a quiet reserved boy," she said.

The trial continues.