Times of London MONDAY FEBRUARY 12 2001 Life for Covent Garden occult killer A satanic-worshipper was sentenced to life at the Old Bailey for the murder of 12-year-old Diego Pineiro-Villar. Edward Crowley, 53, admitted to stabbing the boy to death in Covent Garden, London, last year. Diego's stepbrother Roberto was also injured. Crowley murdered the boy after becoming obsessed with him and with the works of his namesake, satanist and writer Aleister Crowley. He first met Diego in local gardens in Central London in 1999. He stalked the boy and was charged with harassement, but was released on bail. Two months later he stabbed Diego to death as part of an apparent satanic sacrifice. Mark Ellison, QC, prosecuting, said Crowley had pleaded guilty to murdering the schoolboy at an earlier hearing. The prosecution decided it would not be in the public interest to try Crowley on his pleas of not guilty to the attempted murder and wounding of Roberto, 15. The child had been greatly affected by his ordeal when he had courageously tried to stop the attack on Diego.
