Andrew Anderson stabbed Peter Kirkham in the chest inside their property on Stirling Close before calling paramedics at around 2am on Wednesday 23 September 2020.
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The 35-year-old claimed Peter had inflicted the injuries on himself. However, the knife that was placed next to Peter at the scene was not the weapon that killed him. Instead it had been discarded by Anderson earlier in the evening when he was seen throwing it over a nearby fence.