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tyme,
havent you been reading? he was acquitted.
havent you been reading? he was acquitted.
(UK) Man who killed knife intruder denies murder
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Builder cleared of man's murder
A man who killed his lover's estranged husband by stabbing him in the head and neck has been cleared of murder.
David Armstrong, 39, stabbed Anthony Banks, from Whitehawk, Brighton, after Mr Banks broke into his home in Mill Road, Lewes, Lewes Crown Court heard.
Mr Armstrong, who denied murder and manslaughter, was cleared after a jury decided he had acted in self-defence.
The court heard how Mr Banks, 43, broke into the flat after his wife left him to live with Mr Armstrong, a builder.
Fishing knife
Mr Banks was said to have devastated by the break-up of his 24-year marriage and jurors heard how he had allegedly broken into Mr Armstrong's home twice before, smashing up the flat with a hammer and assaulting his estranged wife Barbara.
On the evening he died, Mr Banks was described as having consumed alcohol and drugs before breaking into the flat armed with a fishing knife and "screaming like a madman".
Mr Armstrong, who had received threatening phone calls from him that evening, grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed him at least five times in the head and neck, the court heard.
The jury took nearly five hours to decide he had acted out of self-defence because he feared for both his life and that of Mrs Banks.
A man who killed his lover's estranged husband by stabbing him in the head and neck has been cleared of murder.
David Armstrong, 39, stabbed Anthony Banks, from Whitehawk, Brighton, after Mr Banks broke into his home in Mill Road, Lewes, Lewes Crown Court heard.
Mr Armstrong, who denied murder and manslaughter, was cleared after a jury decided he had acted in self-defence.
The court heard how Mr Banks, 43, broke into the flat after his wife left him to live with Mr Armstrong, a builder.
Fishing knife
Mr Banks was said to have devastated by the break-up of his 24-year marriage and jurors heard how he had allegedly broken into Mr Armstrong's home twice before, smashing up the flat with a hammer and assaulting his estranged wife Barbara.
On the evening he died, Mr Banks was described as having consumed alcohol and drugs before breaking into the flat armed with a fishing knife and "screaming like a madman".
Mr Armstrong, who had received threatening phone calls from him that evening, grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed him at least five times in the head and neck, the court heard.
The jury took nearly five hours to decide he had acted out of self-defence because he feared for both his life and that of Mrs Banks.
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