A grieving family has been left fuming as a man who stabbed his neighbour to death was unanimously cleared of murder and manslaughter.
Jeffrey Kelly, 56, was unanimously cleared by jurors, after over six hours of deliberations, for the murder of Derek Burns, reports the Liverpool Echo.
Liverpool Crown Court previously heard at trial that the incident occurred earlier this year, when the pair had been drinking together with fellow tenants David Bowness and Gemma Buxton on May 15.
The afternoon was going well before an argument ensued over building work between Kelly and Burns.Burns then followed Kelly back to his apartment and began trying to kick his door in after it was closed on him.
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