Don't miss out on the big stories from Manchester's courts with our weekly newsletter Six people have been jailed for murder after attacking a man and dumping his body in a river in Cumbria.
The body of Lee McKnight, 26, from Carlisle, was found in the River Caldew in the early hours of July 24 last year. Mr McKnight had sustained injuries to his head, neck and body after being lured to a property and attacked with weapons over a drug debt, police said. READ MORE: Speaking following a seven-week trial at Carlisle Crown Court, the senior investigating officer in the case, Detective Superintendent Dave Stalker, said: “Lee McKnight died as a result of a pre-planned assault which was intended to cause him serious injury. "He was then
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