A cowardly killer who chased his unarmed victim into a dead-end alleyway before inflicting a single fatal stab wound has been jailed for at least 22 years for the murder of his former friend. Jamie Scott Mitchell, 25, wrongly thought Steven Wilkinson had smashed a window at his mother's home prompting the fatal pursuit.
Killer Mitchell had been at his mother’s home when he heard a window smash and went out to try and find the person responsible. He claimed he only intended to scare them. He came across Mr Wilkinson – who had nothing to do with the window being broken – on waste ground during the incident on October 4 last year. A jury at Mold Crown Court previously heard Mitchell chased Mr Wilkinson into a blocked alleyway at the Jubilee Court complex in Buckley, Flintshire.
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