Judge Anthony Bate adjourned sentencing until May 20.
The trial, which has been running since April 26, heard that in the weeks leading up to the fatal stabbing the defendant and Mr Marshall “had a bit of a falling out”.
A murder investigation was launched in North Walsham after the incident.
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Peter Gair, prosecuting, said it had been due to the “failure of this defendant to pay a £10 debt” for cannabis.
Mr Marshall texted Constantinou to say he would visit his mum to get the cash back and inform her of his drugs habit to which the defendant texted back “I will gut you .
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6:00 PM May 11, 2021
Matthew Constantinou made a 999 call to police after fatal stabbing in North Walsham in October 2020
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A 42-year-old convicted of killing another man in a row sparked by a £10 drugs debt made a call to police following the stabbing.
Thomas Moore, also 42, was stabbed once in the neck during an argument with Matthew Constantinou over the debt owed to Mr Moore s friend Ricky Marshall in October last year.
During the trial the jury heard a 999 call Constantinou made to police at 11.26pm on October 2 last year after he returning home following the fatal attack.
Matthew Constantinou has been found guilty of manslaughter after Thomas Moore was fatally stabbed in North Walsham in October last year.
Matthew Constantinou
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A man described as one of life s gentlemen is paying the price for a thirst for drugs which has seen him convicted of manslaughter after a fatal fall out over a £10 cannabis debt.
Matthew Constantinou, 42, was to all intents and purposes the perfect gentleman.
Matthew Constantinou
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But that reputation he had built up with friends and neighbours in North Walsham is now in tatters after a jury took just over three hours and forty minutes to convict him of manslaughter.
Constantinou will now be sentenced on May 20 after being convicted over the fatal stabbing of Thomas Moore on October 2 last year.
Constantinou said he was in shock and grabbed a baseball bat from the garage and started swinging it to scare them.
During the struggle that ensued on Constantinou said Mr Moore, who was trying to grab the baseball bat, looked like a man possessed .
He said he felt scared and told how he did not want to let go of the bat as he would be in line for an absolute beating .
He noticed a knife drop and grabbed it in one hand while still having hold of the baseball bat in the other.
Constantinou said he was involved in a tug-of-war with Mr Moore and described trying to push him away before he went quite limp .
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2:38 PM May 4, 2021
Matthew Constantinou has gone on trial at Norwich Crown Court accused of the murder of Thomas Moore in North Walsham. - Credit: Archant
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A jury has been told by a Home Office pathologist the injuries suffered by a man stabbed following a row over a drugs debt make an accidental explanation implausible .
Thomas Moore, 42, went with his friend Ricky Marshall to retrieve cash he said he was owed by Matthew Constantinou.
Norwich Crown Court heard the pair turned up at Constantinou’s address, a bungalow where he lived with his mother in Antingham Drive, North Walsham, to get the cash back.