12:16 EDT, 7 April 2021
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A talented jazz musician was murdered and dismembered when he complained after a drug dealer killed his cat, a court heard.
William Algar, 53, was stabbed to death and parts of his body were found on a nature reserve.
Mr Algar, 53, who was known as by his middle name of Blaise, had objected to a 19-year-old threatening to kill his cat Felix and paid with his life, jurors heard.
After complaining to the teenager, who cannot be named, Mr Algar was stabbed through his chest at his home in Barnes, West London.
Prosecution witness Philip Ross said the teen killer confessed knifing Mr Algar.