A man on trial for the stabbing murder of another man inside his North Wollongong apartment has been found guilty.
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After a three-week trial, it took the jury four hours to find Kevin James Russell guilty of the stabbing murder of Allan Dempsey, 58.
The 53-year-old was accused of murdering Mr Dempsey the evening of January 8, 2016, after he grew impatient waiting for an acquaintance to return to Mr Dempsey’s Cliff Road public housing unit with “smoko” he had paid $40 for.
The Crown argued Russell had been drinking heavily when he fatally lashed out at Mr Dempsey, the person physically closest to him.
Police found Russell a short time later at a Corrimal Street unit with blood on his hands, which were then encased in police evidence bags in order to preserve the integrity of the stains.
The Crown said he told police, “yeah, I admit it, I stabbed the c-nt in the back” and “is that junkie f-cking c-nt dead yet? I do really hope you’re dead you c-nt.”
Russell’s lawyer, Angus Webb, attempted to argue that his client’s crime was manslaughter, not murder.
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