Former diplomat admits killing LGBT rights advocate after neighbour dispute

A former Uruguay diplomat has admitted stabbing an LGBT rights campaigner to death following a "long-standing" neighbour dispute.

Enrique Facelli, 49, attacked Julian Aubrey at his home in West Kensington in October last year.

Police had been called to the flat in Shaftesbury Place on Warwick Road to reports of a man found with stab wounds.

Mr Aubrey, 55, was pronounced dead at the scene and a post-mortem later confirmed he had suffered multiple stab wounds.

His neighbour, Facelli, was due to face trial for his murder at the Old Bailey.

But at a hearing before Judge Anthony Leonard, QC, the defendant pleaded guilty to manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility

Prosecutor Tom Little QC said the Crown accepted the lesser charge in light of two psychiatric reports.

Mr Aubrey was formerly co-chairman of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea LGBT liaison group and in 2014 was recognised by the Princess Royal for his work counselling victims of sexual abuse.