Jonjo Highton death: Four men found guilty of murder

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Jonjo Highton died after receiving a wound to the neck

Four men have been found guilty of murdering an 18-year-old who was stabbed in the street in Lancashire.

Preston Crown Court heard Jonjo Highton was stabbed in the neck in St Stephen's Road in Fulwood, Preston, in August.

Owen Whitesmith, 19, of Glebe Close, Fulwood; Arron Graham, 34, of Ripon Street, Preston; Stephen Walton, 24, of no fixed address, and Craig Walton, 26, of Watling Street Road, Fulwood, were found guilty of murder.

The hearing was adjourned until Friday.

The jury are yet to reach verdicts on four other men accused of his murder and three men accused of assisting an offender.

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