Westcliff murder trial: Accused 'never stabbed anyone' in cannabis raid
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.