A driver who killed a man and mowed down others in a drink-fuelled rampage in London’s West End on Christmas Day has been convicted of murder.
Anthony Gilheaney, 31, was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering 25-year-old Aidan Chapman and attempting to murder two other men in a series of attacks in the early hours of 25 December 2024.
Mr Chapman suffered catastrophic head injuries and died in hospital on New Year’s Eve.
Gilheaney, from Harlow in Essex, was also convicted of wounding Arif Khan with intent and causing grievous bodily harm to Marcelo Basbus-Garcia and Miguel Waihrich.
He was cleared of attempting to murder Mr Waihrich.
