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Two teenagers have been found guilty of murder after a vulnerable drug addict was brutally stabbed to death in his own home.
Leigh Smith, 48, was knifed seven times, before neighbours found him having bled to death in his flat in Eccles.
Drug dealer Jacob Cookson, 18, and a 17-year-old boy were unanimously convicted of murder.
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Another 17-year-old boy was found not guilty.
Prosecutors said the killing was fuelled by revenge, after Cookson had been attacked by another man in Mr Smith's house days earlier.
Cookson believed Mr Smith had set him up, they said.
The pair face life sentences after being convicted following a trial at Minshull Street Crown Court.
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Mr Smith, who was affectionately known as Leroy, was a victim of 'cuckooing', where criminals take over when drug dealers take over someone's home.
His flat was one of a number which Cookson had taken control of to use for his dealing.
Mr Smith had battled drug addiction, and although he had found new accommodation and things seemed to be 'looking up' for him, he had recently started using drugs again.
He also appeared to be selling drugs on behalf of two dealers, to fund his habit.
Almost a week before he was found dead, Mr Smith was in his flat with a friend, who was smoking crack cocaine, which Cookson had sold him.
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