- Good morning and welcome The Northern Echo's live blog of the sentencing of Lee Clarkson's killers.
- Graeme Hetherington will be posting live updates from the hearing at Teesside Crown Court.
- The 42-year-old was brutally stabbed to death after a gang of armed men forced their way into his Bishop Auckland home.
- Michael Richardson and a teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were convicted of the callous murder following a trial.
- Co-accused Karl Jones was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter while Craig Dent, who had already pleaded guilty to manslaughter, was found not guilty of murder.
- A fifth defendant, Helen Jones was cleared of all charges.
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