Guilty of murdering man in his own home

FOUR men and a 17-year-old boy have been found guilty of murdering Jordan Hogg.

- By POPPY KENNEDY

Police and CSIs on Fonteyn Court after the death of Jordan Hogg, inset

The 28-year-old rigger was stabbed and slashed across his neck during an attack in his own home.

Following a lengthy trial, Oliver Connelly, Sidney Bashford, Michael Charville, Ryan Moore and a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, have been found guilty of murder.

The jury found Leon Palfreeman, 18, not guilty of murder.

Newcastle Crown Court heard how, armed with knives and machetes, Connelly, Bashford and Moore forced their way into Mr Hogg's home on Fonteyn Court in Hemlington.

The 17-year-old boy kept watch in an alleyway outside Jordan's flat, the teenager armed with a machete.

A short time later, the three men emerge from the property having attacked Jordan with weapons.

They, along with the boy, made their way towards a van nearby where Charville is waiting as the getaway driver.