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image captionJohn Wright was hit repeatedly with a baton and stabbed once
Two drug dealers have been found guilty of killing a man as punishment for using fake banknotes to buy crack cocaine.
Kienan Johnson, 22, beat John Wright with a baton before Jordan Vaughan, 21, stabbed the 41-year-old in Stockton on 29 December 2019.
Jurors at Teesside Crown Court found Vaughan guilty of murder. They cleared Johnson of the same charge but found him guilty of manslaughter.
They are due to be sentenced on Friday.
The trial heard Johnson, of Windsor Road in Stockton, had intended to hit Mr Wright after he paid the pair with a fake £20 note.