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| Man guilty of Matalan shop murder | Man guilty of Matalan shop murder |
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| A man accused of stabbing a Matalan store manager in east London during a failed robbery attempt has been found guilty of the murder. | A man accused of stabbing a Matalan store manager in east London during a failed robbery attempt has been found guilty of the murder. |
| Jamie Simpson was attacked in March 2008 as he cashed up after the Hackney store closed, the Old Bailey heard. | Jamie Simpson was attacked in March 2008 as he cashed up after the Hackney store closed, the Old Bailey heard. |
| The 33-year-old, from Herne Hill, south London, was stabbed in the neck. | The 33-year-old, from Herne Hill, south London, was stabbed in the neck. |
| Kobina Essel, 18, from east London was found guilty of murder. However, Roy Williams, 31, who was also accused, was found not guilty of the same charge. | |
| Majority verdicts | |
| Essel, of Manor Park, told the court he was "panicking" as he stabbed Mr Simpson. | |
| Security guard Mr Williams, of Edmonton, north London, was alleged to have been the gang's "inside man", but was cleared of murder. | |
| The jury is still deliberating on verdicts on another five defendants. | |
| Anthony Maina, 20, of Canning Town, east London, Duane Owusu, 31, of Manor Park, east London, Simeon Jumah, 25, of Manor Park, Jamal Chambers, 18, of Poplar, east London, and a 17-year-old youth, who cannot be identified, all deny murder. | |
| Jurors were told they could return majority verdicts upon which 10 of them were agreed in relation to the five. |