'Terrible family tragedy': Son CLEARED of murdering dad

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A MAN who admitted stabbing his father in the neck has been cleared of his murder.

Lewis Webster was on Wednesday found not guilty of killing Michael Webster at the 57-year-old's home in Bearsden on January 27 2022.There was another blade in his hand, which his 23-year-old son admitted he had “stupidly” put there.He told jurors he had been scared after Michael came at him with a knife and threatened to kill him.Webster told the trial: “That is when I stabbed him. I do not remember how many times – it was a blur. It all happened so fast.

Amid highly emotional scenes in court, Lord Matthews went on to state to Webster: “You have been found not guilty of both charges and you are free to leave the dock.”Afterwards the judge said to the jury: “There are no winners in this case. It is a terrible family tragedy.” He stated Michael then began “mumbling” about the way his own father died, which Webster had never heard of before.

 

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