Overview
- A Teesside Crown Court jury found Sean Reay, Kelvin Craig Lawson and Thomas Lee Sterling guilty of murdering Barry Dawson, with sentencing to follow.
- Jurors returned unanimous verdicts after a multi-week trial that detailed the group’s movements and actions on the day of the shooting.
- Prosecutors said Lawson smashed Dawson’s front window with a brick before Reay fired a single 9mm shot through the broken pane, with the bullet later recovered from a sofa cushion.
- Kevin Dorward and Keith Edward Dorward were acquitted of murder and manslaughter but had earlier admitted perverting the course of justice over attempts to burn the Seat Arona getaway car.
- Michaela Hetherington admitted perverting the course of justice in relation to the vehicle, and all defendants who pleaded to related offences will be sentenced at a later date.