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Article: Theft link investigated in students' murders; Police seek missing games consoles.(News)

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July 5, 2008
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Byline: Joe Sinclair

THE victims of a sadistic double murder might have died for the sake of two handheld games consoles, police said last night.

French students Laurent Bonomo and Gabriel Ferez, both 23, were bound, gagged and stabbed to death in a bedsit in south London on Sunday night.

Detectives, who believe the pair may have been the victims of a savage robbery, said two Sony PSP consoles, costing pounds 130 each, were stolen from Mr Bonomo's rented flat.

They fear a set of keys to the flat, which were stolen in a burglary six days ...

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