MAN CHARGED FOR MURDER ON TRAIN
Accused to appear in court
A MAN of 35 was last night charged with the train murder of a father on a day trip with his son.
Darren Pencille, of Farnham, Surrey, was charged with killing Lee Pomeroy, who was stabbed as he travelled with his 14-year-old lad to Waterloo station in London.
It was the day before Mr Pomeroy’s 52nd birthday.
Mr Pomeroy’s son had to watch a passenger and a British Transport Police officer trying in vain to save his dying father as police launched a manhunt for the killer.
A man was arrested in a dawn raid on Saturday by police in Farnham.
A woman who was also detained, Chelsea Mitchell, 27, from Farnham, was last night charged with assisting an offender. Both have been remanded in custody to appear at Staines Magistrates’ Court today. Mr Pomeroy, from Guildford, lived with his wife Svetlana, 50, and their son. The stabbing happened at Clandon but the train continued on to Horsley, where Mr Pomeroy, inset, was treated. A statement from his family on Saturday said: “He was a devoted family man and did everything for his family. He was an honourable man and would always help somebody who was in trouble. Lee would have had his birthday today, but did not get to see his presents.” His relatives added: “He was an honest, bright person, who loved music very much, he knew history and art and he was a bachelor of science in maths.”