Two Nottingham men have been sentenced today for the murder of 22-year-old Davices Anderson, who was fatally stabbed at a flat in the city center. The sentencing follows a seven-week trial at Nottingham Crown Court, during which a jury deliberated for three days before returning guilty verdicts on Courtney McLeary and David Francis, who were found responsible for Anderson’s death at an address off Huntingdon Street.
McLeary, 54, of High Cross Leys, was unanimously found guilty, while 61-year-old Francis, of Swale Grove, Bingham, was found guilty by a majority of 10 to two. Additionally, co-defendants Danny O’Keefe of Keswick Court, Sneinton, and Gregory Bailey of Comyn Gardens, St Ann’s, both aged 50, were found guilty of assisting an offender in relation to Anderson’s death.
