THE FINAL moments of a students life were captured on CCTV before he was murdered at a New Year’s Eve party.

Billy Henham was beaten unconscious, stripped naked and thrown off a balcony at a disused building in Brighton on January 1, 2020.

The 24-year-old, from Henfield, suffered 11 rib fractures, extensive bruising to his scalp, face and neck and a brain injury.

He was also struck with a broken wooden stair spindle.

Dushane Meikle, Gregory Hawley, Lamech Gordon-Carew, and Alize Spence have all been found guilty of murder.

The group will be sentenced at a later date.

The final sighting of Billy was at 4.30am outside All Sorts off-licence in North Street, diagonally opposite the squat where a New Year's Eve party was held.

CCTV footage shows Billy exiting the shop. He walks away, before returning briefly to look back inside and then walks away.

His body, which had been dropped over balcony railings from a height of nearly 11ft, was discovered by police the following day.

Forensic experts discovered disinfectant in his hair while bloodstained areas where he had been beaten appeared to have been “diluted”, the court heard.

The Argus: The empty disinfectant bottle found at the sceneThe empty disinfectant bottle found at the scene

The jury was told that while his injuries would have rendered him unconscious, Billy would have been alive for at least an hour after the violent attack.

When Meikle was arrested in Hove six days later, police found two deleted photos on his phone of Billy’s body on the roof terrace.

Tests showed that while Billy had been drinking alcohol on the night of his murder, there was no evidence of any drug-taking.