A killer driver went for a McDonald's after mowing down a teenager in a horrendous hit and run.
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Jurors have retired to consider their verdicts in the trial of three teenagers accused of murdering a 'vulnerable' man in his own home.
Leigh Smith, 48, affectionately known as Leroy, was found dead at his home in Eccles.
Jacob Cookson, 18, and two 17-year-old boys, who can't be named for legal reasons, all deny murder.
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Jurors have heard that Mr Smith, who struggled with drug addiction, was a victim of 'cuckooing', when drug dealers take over someone's home to store or pack drugs for onward sale.
Prosecutors allege that Mr Smith was killed in retaliation, after Mr Cookson was hospitalised following an attack on him by another man in Mr Smith's home.
Mr Cookson believed he had been 'set up', jurors at the Minshull Street Crown Court trial heard.
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But Mr Cookson denied holding Mr Smith responsible for him being attacked.
Mr Smith was found dead in his flat, at about 7am on June 22, after being stabbed seven times to his legs and buttocks.
Days earlier on June 16, Mr Smith had been at home with Mr Cookson and another man and his girlfriend.
An argument broke out between Mr Cookson and the other man, who was smoking crack cocaine, the court heard.
He 'violently assaulted' Mr Cookson, hitting him over the head with a radio, leaving him needing hospital treatment.
Mr Smith was also attacked hours later, he would tell his key worker.
He had lost his
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