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Kieran Crump Raiswell random stab murder: Manchester man guilty | Kieran Crump Raiswell random stab murder: Manchester man guilty |
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A man has been convicted of murdering a teenager in a random knife attack in a Manchester street. | A man has been convicted of murdering a teenager in a random knife attack in a Manchester street. |
Kieran Crump Raiswell, 18, from Chorlton, was stabbed four times in Whalley Range on 16 January. | Kieran Crump Raiswell, 18, from Chorlton, was stabbed four times in Whalley Range on 16 January. |
Imran Akhtar Hussain, 27, of Bracknell, Berkshire, had denied murder but admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. | Imran Akhtar Hussain, 27, of Bracknell, Berkshire, had denied murder but admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. |
A jury at Manchester Crown Court dismissed his claims that voices in his head told him to kill. | A jury at Manchester Crown Court dismissed his claims that voices in his head told him to kill. |
He will be sentenced on Friday. | He will be sentenced on Friday. |
Mr Raiswell, who was on a gap year ahead of studying history at Sheffield Hallam University, was attacked without warning by Hussain who stabbed him repeatedly in the chest before running off. | |
Witnesses reported the killer "sniggered" as he fled. |