Aaron Ray, 21, fatally stabbed student Jason Brockbanks while they were in Jason’s room at Mansion Tyne student accommodation on Howard Street on September 24 last year.

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Callous and calculating Ray claimed that he had acted in self-defence after he was attacked by Jason, who was 24 and studying at Northumbria University. However, today a jury at Newcastle Crown Court saw through his lies and convicted him of murder following a seven-day trial.

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