- A teenager accused of murdering a drug dealing grandfather with a homemade ‘slam-gun’ is due to give evidence in his trial.
- The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of murdering Alan Garbutt in his Guisborough flat last August.
- Teesside Crown Court has heard how he suffered a single shotgun blast to the chest following a row about drugs.
- Fire crews and ambulance crews also attended the block of flats at Helmsley House in Guisborough, from around 2.20am on August 8, where the body of Mr Garbutt was discovered.
- Defence barrister Peter Makepeace KC will be taking the defendant through his evidence.
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