A 19-year-old boxer has been found guilty of murdering a mum-of-two during a botched burglary.

Lloyd Edwards, from Langmoor Point, Norley Vale, Roehampton, had admitted a charge of manslaughter at Kingston Crown Court but denied murdering Laila Rezk.

But the jury took just over an hour-and-a-half to find Edwards guilty this afternoon.

The court heard how Edwards attacked the 53-year-old last November when she discovered him trying to burgle her Kingston Vale home.

Edwards admitted hitting Mrs Rezk in an effort to keep her quiet, but told the court he had not meant to kill her.

A postmortem examination showed Mrs Rezk was hit so hard she suffered brain damage, and may have been hit as many as seven times.

The court heard how Edwards had been out drinking at his mum's home when he went out to look for a house to burgle on November 29 last year.

He saw Mrs Rezk's house door open and went in.

Forensic evidence suggested Mrs Rezk had been attacked in the small bathroom of the house and then dragged through the hall.

Edwards then continued touring the house looking for things to steal.

He picked up Mrs Rezk's bag and emptied it taking £60 cash. He then heard a noise and went to the front window to investigate.

Pulling aside the net curtain, he realised he couldn't see anyone but had left a bloody finger mark. So he pulled down the net curtains and put them down his trousers.

He then left the house putting the curtains in the recycling bins near Asda on his way home.

Mrs Rezk was found lying dying in the hallway of the house by her daughter Dina and son Tamer.

She never regained consciousness and died the next day.

In a witness statement, read out in court by prosecutor Richard Whittam, Dina described finding her mother.

She said: "I started screaming and became hysterical. I couldn't recognise her face, only her body. Her face was blown up and her hair was damp with blood. There was blood everywhere."

In his statement, also read out by Mr Whittam, Tamer described his mum and their family. He said: "She is my favourite, she is my queen and we would talk every day. My father and sister are very close. When on family walks my father and Dee would walk ahead. My mother and I would walk behind them."

Forensic tests on a bunch of keys recovered during the police investigation found a fingerprint which was traced to Edwards, a known burglar.

He was arrested on March 6 and officers discovered shoes with traces of Mrs Rezk's blood on them.

Edwards admitted he had gone to the house and attacked Mrs Rezk.

Speaking after the trial, Detective Chief Inspector Phil Adams, who led the investigation, said: "It's probable that Edwards only left one fingerprint in the whole house, and from methodical, patient work we found it.

"The fingerprint led us to him and the footwear marks matched his trainers."

He added: "He has taken away a lovely lady, a wife and a mother who will be sorely missed. Although he claims not to have known he had killed her until he read about it in a national newspaper, he has shown no remorse. Indeed, he went out only two days after the incident to burgle a house, for which he has been convicted.

"Edwards has been in trouble with the police since the age of 10 and had a propensity for violence. It was always possible that someone, some day was going to be seriously injured by him. Sadly, it resulted in the death of Laila Rezk."