Trio GUILTY of murder after hijacking dispute that had 'nothing to do with them' and killing 'wrong man'

Three men have been found guilty of murder after hijacking a dispute which had nothing to do with them and then fatally stabbing the 'wrong person'.

Kane Adamson, 19, Joshua Prescott, 20, and Ben Dawber, 19, chased a man who had just punched someone outside a bar in Tyldesley but then launched a 'ferocious' attack on the wrong person.

Thomas Williamson, 30, suffered from mental health problems and was out for a walk to clear his head at the time. He suffered a series of fatal stab wounds, including one that penetrated his heart and lung and sadly died at the scene.

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Adamson, Prescott and Dawber have now been told they will each receive life sentences after all three were found guilty of murder following a trial lasting several weeks.

After deliberations spanning three days, the foreman of the jury, who retired to consider their verdicts on Tuesday morning, read their unanimous verdicts at Minshull Street Crown Court this afternoon (Thursday).

Earlier in the night of the tragedy, September 25 2021, the trial heard that a man called David Shuttleworth punched another man, Jake Dinning, who he thought had been 'in dispute' with his girlfriend outside Lounge Bar in Tyldesley shortly after 1am.

At the same time the three defendants, said to have been drinking vodka and inhaling nitrous oxide balloons, were driving by the Castle Street bar and 'took the opportunity to involve themselves in the brewing trouble', said prosecutor Jason Pitter KC.

Two of the defendants, Dawber and Adamson, had already pleaded guilty to an attempted robbery earlier that night. The attempted robbery "was part of the