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A man who stabbed to death the friend of someone he owed £10 to has been found guilty of manslaughter.
Matthew Constantinou knifed Thomas Moore, 42, in the neck in October after an altercation outside the defendant s home in North Walsham, Norfolk.
The defendant claimed he feared he or his mother would be seriously injured in a tug of war over a baseball bat.
Constantinou, 42, of Antingham Drive, was cleared of murder but found guilty of the less serious charge.
He will be sentenced at Norwich Crown Court on 20 May.
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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
- Credit: Archant
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.
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Published:
1:53 PM April 28, 2021
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2:11 PM April 28, 2021
Matthew Constantinou has gone on trial at Norwich Crown Court accused of the murder of Thomas Moore in North Walsham. - Credit: Archant
- Credit: Archant
A drug user who was owed £10 for cannabis had a “bad feeling from the start” about going to retrieve the cash.
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.
He said the defendant “swung” at the victim with his right hand while holding some form of object which struck Mr Moore to the neck.
Mr Marshall called 999 after seeing the state of his friend, who died at the scene shortly after midnight on October 3.
Matthew Constantinou has gone on trial at Norwich Crown Court accused of the murder of Thomas Moore in North Walsham.
- Credit: Archant
The jury heard that Constantinou also made a 999 call to police after returning home to say a man had suffered quite severe injuries following an incident.
A baseball bat and lock knife were later recovered by police from the defendant s garden in Antingham Drive.