London Man Committed 2nd Murder After Confessing to Killing Girlfriend, Jury Told

During police interview Lee Peacock said he wanted to kill four other people

An undated police mugshot of Lee Peacock, who is accused of murdering two people in central London in August 2021. Metropolitan Police

LONDON—A man committed a second murder after visiting his estranged father and confessing to having killed his girlfriend, a trial at the Old Bailey in London has been told.

Prosecutor Ed Brown, KC, told the jury Lee Peacock, 50, was tracked down to a houseboat on the Grand Union Canal in Greenford, west London, on Aug. 25, 2021, where he was overpowered by police.