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Man found guilty of Bobby Medcraft manslaughter lucky to escape murder verdict, judge says

A man found guilty of the manslaughter death of a 23-year-old Burnie man is lucky to have escaped a murder conviction, a judge has told him in court.

Bobby Medcraft died on March 29 in 2020 after being bashed and cut with a sword in a street in Upper Burnie in Tasmania's north-west.

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