Chilling CCTV footage show the horrifying moment convicted murderer Ashley Charles who snatched a bottle from drinker and moments later slashed his throat.
Ashley Charles, 26, attacked Phillip Sheriff in front of horrified revellers after the 37-year-old made "some inoffensive joking remarks" about a girl, the Daily Mail reported. Source: Supplied
AN art director who slashed the throat of a telecoms boss with a broken bottle at a Jessie J gig has been jailed for life.
Ashley Charles, 26, attacked Phillip Sheriff in front of horrified revellers after the 37-year-old made "some inoffensive joking remarks" about a girl, the Daily Mail reported.
The event was sponsored by mobile phone manufacturer BlackBerry, where Mr Sheriff was an executive.
The blow, which was caught on CCTV, severed his carotid artery and jugular vein and caused massive blood loss. Partygoers desperately tried to save the married father of two by using clingfilm to stem the bleeding, but he died four days later.
Charles denied murder and claimed he had only lashed out with the bottle because he feared Mr Sheriff was going to attack him.
But he was convicted after a two-week trial at the Old Bailey and jailed for life, with a minimum of 14 years.
Ashley Charles (left) has been jailed for life for the murder of BlackBerry executive Phillip Sherriff at an event featuring pop singer Jessie J. Pictures: Police handouts Source: Supplied
Mr Sheriff's widow Jane was in court throughout the trial and sobbed and embraced members of her family as the verdict was delivered.
Judge Paul Worsley told Charles: "You took a life for no better reason than that your victim may have pushed you at a crowded bar and made some inoffensive joking remarks to a girl who was talking to you.
"You destroyed by your actions so much that was good in that family."
Mr Sheriff had travelled from his home in Preston, Lancashire to attend a party organised by his employers at the Pulse nightclub on London's South Bank last April.
Charles, from Leicester, launched his attack shortly after midnight while jostling for space at the event's free bar after Jessie J had finished her performance. The killer had been talking to a girl and asked Mr Sheriff for some space. He replied: "She doesn't want to be talking to you. She'd much rather be talking to me, wouldn't you, love?"
After pushing and shoving between the men, Charles grabbed the older man's bottle of beer before swinging it at his neck.
In a statement to the court, Mrs Sheriff, whose children are aged five and eight, addressed Charles directly, saying: "You took an amazing man away from us so brutally and no one will forget that. I spent four days watching my husband die.
"I was with him when his body turned blue and he took his last breath. I will never forget that."
Charles, who had no previous arrests or convictions, is a Loughborough University graduate who worked at a design agency.
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