A burglar who bludgeoned three sisters in a "sustained and vicious" attack as they slept in a luxury hotel has been found guilty of attempted murder.
Philip Spence has been told to expect a "very substantial sentence" after using a claw hammer to beat the wealthy tourists, leaving all three women with life-changing injuries.
The 32-year-old walked into London's four-star Cumberland Hotel in the early hours of April 6, 2014, and travelled up to the victims' room, where the door was unlocked.
One of the women, Ohoud al-Najjar, was repeatedly bludgeoned with such force that her skull splintered, as her nine-year-old nephew hid beside her underneath the bedsheets.
The traveller, who was visiting the capital from the United Arab Emirates, survived the hammer attack, but now has just 5% brain function, is unable to speak, and has lost an eye.
Spence ran away from the scene with a case packed with iPads, expensive jewellery and smartphones, leaving the women for dead.
The drug addict left the blood-stained weapon on the seventh floor of the hotel, which was soon traced to his accomplice, Thomas Efremi.
Although Spence, from Harlesden, north-west London, admitted the attack, he denied three counts of attempted murder, as well as conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary.
Simon Mayo QC had told Southwark crown court: "The intention of their attacker, say the prosecution, was to kill them.
"The scene that met the eyes of the police and emergency services as they arrived in the aftermath was, in the words of one of those attending, 'horrific'."
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