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The mother of a vulnerable drug addict who was stabbed to death in his own home in a brutal revenge attack hit out at two teenage drug dealers locked up for his murder.
Leigh Smith, 48, was stabbed to death in his own home in Eccles.
Jacob Cookson, 18, and Logan Eaton, 17, were both found guilty of murder and will serve at least 19 and 17 years respectively.
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Eaton can be identified for the first time, after a judge lifted reporting restrictions previously imposed because of his age.
Mr Smith, known as Leroy to friends, was stabbed seven times and found dead hours later by neighbours.
He was a victim of cuckooing, where criminals take over vulnerable people's homes for drug dealing.
Drug dealer Cookson, who earned £7,000 a week from his involvement in an organised drugs gang he jointly ran, was out for revenge.
He had previously been hospitalised after being attacked by another man in Mr Smith's flat.
Cookson believed Mr Smith had set up the attack.
Cookson and Eaton went into his flat on June 21, when Mr Smith was stabbed seven times to his legs and buttocks.
He was found dead by a neighbour the following morning.
"The sad thing is that he was turning a corner before he encountered these defendants," Judge Alan Conrad QC said.
Minshull Street Crown Court heard Mr Smith was 'proud' of the home he had been able to set up at Cook Street, with the help of a housing officer.
"It is no secret that my son had made many mistakes but he was my son," Mr Smith's mother Jackie Roycroft said in a statement.
"I miss him so much.
"How do you explain the feelings you have inside when someone you love is murdered.
"To the people
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a strong first English-language trailer for director Rama Burshtein’s (Fill The Void) anticipated TV debut Fire Dance, which has just been announced for Series Mania’s main competition.
Quiana Burns’s leadership role at Tamron Hall is becoming permanent. The Good Morning America Weekend executive producer joined the syndicated daytime talk show as interim executive producer in October, shortly after Tamron Hall moved from ABC Entertainment to ABC News where it is overseen by the team of ABC News President Kim Godwin. It was Godwin who announced Burns’ official appointment today.
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Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterBrightcove Inc. has named former ViacomCBS exec Marc DeBevoise chief executive officer and board director of the software company and video platform.Previously chief digital officer of ViacomCBS and CEO and president of CBS Interactive, DeBevoise will begin his tenure as Brightcove CEO on March 28.
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The killers of a Bolton schoolboy can be named for the first time after a judge lifted reported restrictions.
Killing It,” streaming this April.Created by “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” producers Dan Goor and Luke Del Tredici, “Killing It” stars Craig Robinson (“The Office,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”) as Craig, a man who competes in a state-sponsored python hunt in his quest to achieve the American Dream. The series co-stars Stephanie Nogueras as Craig’s ex-wife Camille, Jet Miller as his pre-teen daughter Vanessa and Rell Battle as his younger brother Isaiah. Claudia O’Doherty, Scott Macarthur and Wyatt Walter round out the cast.“We love all the ambitious, challenging, thematically-rich series that populate the current peak-TV landscape,” said Goor in a statement.
Michael Bass, Amy Entelis and Ken Jautz will serve as interim co-heads of CNN following the resignation of Jeff Zucker.
Abigail Hawk (Blue Bloods), Tobias Forrest (Coffee Wars), John Lawson (Pet Cemetery – Prequel) and Barry Bostwick (Rocky Horror Picture Show) are among the cast in feature drama Daruma.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThree of CNN’s top managers, Michael Bass, Amy Entelis and Ken Jautz, were named Wednesday to lead CNN as interim chiefs in the wake of the departure of Jeff Zucker.“We are fortunate to have three senior leaders within the News organization who have agreed to serve as interim co-heads for CNN beginning today through what you should anticipate will be through the close of the pending transaction with Discovery. These leaders are Michael Bass, Amy Entelis and Ken Jautz,” WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar said Wednesday.
The first look photos from Hulu’s Life & Beth starring Amy Schumer and Michael Cera have just debuted online!
Hulu has unveiled first-look photos from the new comedy series Life & Beth, written, directed, executive produced by and starring Amy Schumer, announcing that all 10 episodes in its first season will debut exclusively on the streamer on March 18.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAnheuser-Busch is counting on smooth-jazz impresario Kenny G to add a few new notes to an increasingly appealing strategy for beer advertisers around the Super Bowl.When the musician sounds his interpretation of a jingle for Busch Light beer that has been around since the late 1970s, he won’t do so in a national commercial during the Big Game, slated to air February 13 on NBC. Instead, he will play in a 30-second ad spot set to appear on local TV stations showing the event in 41 different markets.
Lena Dunham got a little help from her friends! For her new movie,, the star tells that she asked Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn for their help, which is why they are given a Thank You credit at the end of the film.«They are just really great friends of mine who watched a really early cut of the film and gave me notes,» Dunham says of Swift, who was a bridesmaid in her wedding, and her actor boyfriend. «They’re both just really interesting, perceptive people. Taylor’s been one of my close friends for a really long time and Joe is an actor who I actually ended up working with on a project that I shot just a few months after this.», directed and written by Dunham and starring Kristine Froseth, Jon Bernthal and Luka Sabbat, follows Sarah Jo, a naive 26-year-old living on the fringes of Hollywood with her mother and sister.
Dennis Harvey Film CriticThings like drinking games and “RiffTrax” were invented for movies like “In the Forest,” which are very bad but need a little participatory help to become so-bad-they’re-good. This quasi-horror tale of bickering vacationers running afoul of disturbed locals strings together various well-worn clichés with a notable lack of suspense, plausibility and style, while excelling in the realm of characters behaving like complete idiots. Simultaneous with streaming-platforms release on Jan.