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Man guilty of ex-Pc manslaughter | Man guilty of ex-Pc manslaughter |
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A neighbour has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a former policeman who had been awaiting trial accused of possessing child pornography. | A neighbour has been found guilty of the manslaughter of a former policeman who had been awaiting trial accused of possessing child pornography. |
Geoffrey Harries, 49, was stabbed 20 times outside his home in Trimsaran, Carmarthenshire, in June. | Geoffrey Harries, 49, was stabbed 20 times outside his home in Trimsaran, Carmarthenshire, in June. |
Daniel Williams, 30, who lived seven doors away, was cleared of murder on Friday, and claimed he acted in self-defence. | |
Williams will be sentenced at Swansea Crown Court on Tuesday morning. | |
Williams, who had denied murdering Mr Harries, had told the jury he believed Mr Harries was going to kill him. | |
He said he had been trying to leave the scene in Dythel Park after using a seven inch combat knife to puncture a tyre on Mr Harries' van when the ex policeman ran after him and attacked him. | |
Brake fluid | |
His defence team argued he struck out in self defence without realising he was still holding the knife. | |
Williams, who lived seven doors away from Mr Harries, told the jury his neighbour had hit him, pinned him to the ground and had his forearm on his throat. | |
He said he then tried to hit Mr Harries but had no intention of doing anything to him. | |
After Mr Harries jumped off him, Williams told the jury he sprinted away. | |
The court heard Williams had previously slashed a tyre on Harries' van and poured brake fluid over the bonnet. | |
The prosecution claimed that Williams was angry after hearing that the former Pc was awaiting trial accused of having 2,082 indecent images of children. | |
Neighbours at Dythel Park where he and his wife had moved from Pembrey, were unhappy about his presence at his mother's house. | |
The jury reached a majority verdict of 10-2 on the manslaughter charge on Monday. |