Three found guilty of murdering man shot in his home

A GUNMAN who shot a grandad through the window of his County Durham home and two of his accomplices have been found guilty of murder.

- DAVID HUNTLEY

Barry Dawson

Barry Dawson was fatally shot through a downstairs window of his terraced house on Elm Street, South Moor, Stanley on April 5 this year.

Emergency services were called to the street shortly after 5pm but nothing could be done to save the life of the 60-year-old, who worked at the nearby KP Snacks plant.

Five men were later charged with murder and have been standing trial at Teesside Crown Court.

Yesterday, after a three-week trial, the jury returned their verdicts and found three of the defendants guilty of murder.

They were Sean Reay, 30, of Sabin Terrace, Stanley; Kelvin Craig Lawson, 37, of Frosterley Gardens, Stanley; and Thomas Lee Sterling, 22, of The Avenue, Stanley.

Keith Edward Dorward, 38, of no fixed address, and his cousin, Kevin Dorward, 38, of New Durham Road, Stanley, were both found not guilty of murder or manslaughter.