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'OZZY OSBOURNE' Jailed For Murder

October 4, 2005

U.K.'s Life Style Extra is reporting that a rock fanatic who changed his name to Ozzy Osbourne then stabbed a friend to death inside his own flat was jailed for life Tuesday (Oct. 4).

Gary Ozzy Osbourne, 42, was born Gary Bacon — but changed his name by deed poll to mirror that of the rock star, the Old Bailey heard.

In January last year, he drove to the home in Enfield, north London, of Gary Hunt — a 33-year old small-time drug dealer who Osbourne had been friends with for a number of years.

Mr Hunt, a keen DJ, was described by friends as being "easy-going" and someone who "wouldn't do any harm or hurt anyone" — but he and Osbourne had a row.

Osbourne then stabbed him a number of times and left him fatally injured.

"What caused him to lose his control is something only he knows", said Mark Dennis, prosecuting. "It may have been an argument over drugs or a personal matter."

Osbourne then confessed to what he had done to two people over the following days.

Mr Dennis said of the defendant: "He was born Gary Bacon but a few years ago he changed his name to mirror that of a former rock musician."

Osbourne, of Derby, denied murder, but today he was unanimously convicted by the jury.

Judge Richard Hawkins jailed him for life and ordered that it will be a minimum of 15 years before he is even considered for release.

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