A man killed his friend of 20 years after targeting him in a brutal gang robbery.
Thomas Broadhurst put Thomas Edmunds in a fatal chokehold in his bedroom as Kevin Condliffe, Terence Bennett and Kevin Nethercote all helped him rob cash to spend on booze and drugs.
A court heard the gang planned a violent attack on Mr Edmunds, known to his family as Tom or Tommy, and even celebrated after they left him for dead on May 9 last year.