Heir to £230m pie fortune, 23, to stand trial after ‘stabbing housemate to death on Christmas Eve’
A PIE heir will stand trial in the summer accused of stabbing his housemate to death on Christmas Eve.
William Bush, 23, was discovered in a car park near the house in Cardiff he shared with Dylan Thomas, also 23.
Thomas - the grandson of pie and property tycoon Sir Stanley Thomas and the heir to a £230million fortune - is charged with murder.
A trial expected to last two weeks was set for June 5 by Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke, the Recorder of Cardiff.
Thomas was not present during the hearing at Newport Crown Court today.
He was remanded into custody in his absence ahead of any further hearings.
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An inquest last month heard how William died from multiple stab wounds to the neck and body.
Police had been called to the car park following reports of a "stabbing incident".
Paramedics attempted to save his life by giving the keen rugby player CPR until he was taken to hospital.
Area coroner for South Wales Central Patricia Morgan adjourned the full inquest pending the "ongoing investigation".
In a tribute, William's family said: "Our beloved Will was taken away from us in such a cruel and indescribable way.
“Will was such a loyal, funny and caring son, brother and boyfriend.”
William, who worked as a surveyor with a commercial property firm, and Thomas previously attended the private Christ College in Brecon.
They lived together in a home jointly owned by Thomas' grandparents and Welsh rugby star Sir Gareth Edwards.
Thomas, a computer programmer, is the grandson of Sir Gilbert Stanley Thomas - and the heir to a £230million pie industry fortune, including Peter's Pies.
