A man accused of stabbing his brother to death in a drink and fuelled rage has been found guilty of murder.
Inderjit Klare grabbed a kitchen knife while he brawled with his younger brother inside their family-run fish and chip shop in October last year.
The 43-year-old was charged with murdering his younger brother, Jasreet, in the early hours of the morning last October but maintains he was acting in self-defence.
Mr Klare suffered several stab wounds to his back and cuts and bruises to his face and head when violence erupted between the pair inside their family-owned fish and chip shop in Bishop Auckland.
The defendant accepts he caused the fatal injuries but maintains that he did not ‘consciously’ pick up the knife or deliberately leave his brother to bleed to death.
He will be sentenced this afternoon.
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