Scot helped killers flee the country in aftermath of brutal stabbing at shopping centre
dailyrecord.co.ukA Dumfriesshire man helped pave the way for two killers to flee the country in the aftermath of a brutal Carlisle stabbing.
Jurors at the city’s crown court heard how Ross Neville, 32, of Broadmeadows Farm, Canonbie, was one of three people who played key criminal roles after Kane Hull, 29, knifed Ryan Kirkpatrick to death as part of a plan carried out with Liam Porter, 33.
Hull and Porter denied the murder of Mr Kirkpatrick, 24, who died despite the best efforts of bystanders, police and medics after suffering three stab wounds in an attack lasting barely 30 seconds.The brutal assault happened at the Carlyle’s Court shopping complex just before 9pm on Saturday, September 18, 2021.
Carlisle Crown Court heard of previous “bad blood” between Mr Kirkpatrick and Hull.There had been an initial incident involving the men just 15 minutes before the fatal stabbing, while Hull had previously been locked up, in 2018, after Mr Kirkpatrick was attacked in a betting shop.Hull and Porter denied they were the masked figures who returned to Carlyle’s Court and then fled in a Volvo S40 which was set alight even before Mr Kirkpatrick had been pronounced dead.However, a jury found them both unanimously guilty on Monday after hearing evidence in the case.
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