A likeable and well-loved dad was stabbed to death by a drug dealer who ran a 'cuckooing' operation from his ground floor flat.
Leigh Smith, 48, whose life was blighted by drug addiction, was easy prey for a 17-year-old gangster, who netted staggering amounts of money, profiting from human misery.
Just as cuckoos take over the nests of other birds, drug dealers do the same to vulnerable people who are desperate.
