Blackpool stabbing - two found guilty of the manslaughter of Kris Kam

Jurors have convicted two men of killing Blackpool man Kris Kam in a brutal street stabbing last October
By Stef Hall
Published 23rd Nov 2020, 23:02 BST
Updated 23rd Nov 2020, 23:08 BST
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Christopher Carrington, 26, of no fixed address and Kevin Gracia, 26, of Hilltop Avenue, London, were found not guilty of murder, but guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter.

Their co-defendants Munochismo Eriken, 28, of South Green, London, and Shaquille Cumberbatch, 27, of Montrose Avenue, Edgware, London, were found not guilty of murder.

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Carrington and Cumberbatch were also found guilty of a street robbery in the resort the previous day.

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Carrington, Gracia and Cumberbatch are expected to be sentenced on Tuesday afternoon by the Honorary Recorder of Preston, Judge Robert Altham.

Mr Kam, 35, died in the Blackpool Victoria Hospital at around 8.24pm on Sunday, October 27, 2019, after suffering a severed popliteal artery in his leg.

He was attacked by the men on Queen Victoria Road, Blackpool, close to the junction with Levens Grove, Blackpool, the previous day.

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