Police at the scene of the crime A GANG member accused of murdering a man in a botched cannabis raid insisted in court he never stabbed anyone. Leon Wright gave evidence at his trial at Basildon Crown Court over a raid on a cannabis farm in Westcliff that left a man dead. The 31-year-old, along with five other men, is accused of murdering Asqeri Spaho while trying to steal £50,000 worth of cannabis from a home in Tintern Avenue on December 12, 2019. The jury heard that Wright had been told he and the five other men would get half of the cannabis in the home.
SIX men are standing trial accused of murder, attempted murder, and aggravated burglary. The group are appearing at Basildon Crown Court over the death of Asqeri Spaho in Westcliff on December 12, 2019. The trial is expected to last nine weeks. Mitchell Harris, 29, of no fixed address, Scott Heaney 22, of Hurlock Street, Highbury, Brian Kinloch, 31, of Beachcroft Way, Upper Holloway, Wesley Hendrickson, 31, of Ashcroft Crescent in Enfield, Leon Wright, 31, of Highbury New Park, and Durald Sokoli, 27, of Ayley Croft, Enfield, all deny the charges. Here is what the court heard this week as the trial got underway.
‘Gang murdered man in raid on £50k drugs farm’
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