A Hereford man has been found guilty of murder. 

A jury at Worcester Crown Court this morning found Stacy Hales, 36, of Belmont Road, guilty of the offence.

Steven Paynter, 46, was murdered by Hales at his Ryelands Street home on August 3 last year.

The jury also found Kim Horry, 20, not guilty of assisting an offender by disposing of Hales' bloodstained clothes.

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