Three men have been jailed for life after for the murder of a man in his own home.
Barry Dawson was shot through the front window of his terraced house in Stanley, County Durham, on 5 April.
Following a trial at Teesside Crown Court at the end of October, Sean Reay, 30, of Sabin Terrace, Stanley, who shot the 60-year-old, was found guilty of his murder along with Kelvin Lawson, 38, and 22-year-old Thomas Sterling.
Reay was given a minimum term of 32 years, Lawson was handed a minimum of 28 years, and Sterling received a minimum of 26 years.
A CPS spokesman said at the time of their conviction: “The shot struck Barry in the chest, puncturing his heart, lung and liver, and he was tragically pronounced dead at the scene a short time later.
“Following the shooting, Sean Reay fled the Durham area and was later arrested in Northern Ireland.”
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