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| Oxford machete-gang attack four guilty of murder | |
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| Four members of a gang that left a 27-year-old man with more than 80 injuries in a machete attack have been convicted of murder | |
| Christopher Lemonius died after being attacked by a gang that was also armed with golf clubs, in Blackbird Leys, Oxford, on 1 June last year. | |
| One other man was found guilty of manslaughter, and a jury at Oxford Crown Court cleared another of murder. | |
| Four other people were found guilty of perverting the course of justice. | Four other people were found guilty of perverting the course of justice. |
| During the trial, the court heard Mr Lemonius was attacked in Jourdain Road after a confrontation between two groups outside the Premier Store in Blackbird Leys at about 23:00 BST. | |
| 'Finish him off' | 'Finish him off' |
| Mr Lemonius was chased through Blackbird Leys Park to a property in Jourdain Road. | |
| There the gang used golf clubs, pieces of wood and machetes to attack him, the court heard. | There the gang used golf clubs, pieces of wood and machetes to attack him, the court heard. |
| One eyewitness said he saw the victim "hanging on to the door" as he was pulled into the garden and dragged into the alley and beaten. | One eyewitness said he saw the victim "hanging on to the door" as he was pulled into the garden and dragged into the alley and beaten. |
| The witness also said he saw a man with a machete with blood on it "from the top to halfway". | The witness also said he saw a man with a machete with blood on it "from the top to halfway". |
| Another told the court they heard fighting, along with shouts of "let's finish him off". | Another told the court they heard fighting, along with shouts of "let's finish him off". |
| The jury was told a severed finger belonging to Mr Lemonius was later found in the garden by police. | The jury was told a severed finger belonging to Mr Lemonius was later found in the garden by police. |
| At the trial, the court heard that during the attack a car was driven at Mr Lemonius by Yousef Koudoua, but the jury found him not guilty of murder. | |
| Mr Koudoua was in tears as it was read out and he mouthed "Thank you" to the jury, as cheers came from the public gallery. | |
| Sentencing of the nine convicted is due to take place on 12 October. | |
| The verdicts: | The verdicts: |