A MAN accused of murdering a dad in his own home, alongside two family members, has protested his innocence to a jury - telling them he doing a drug deal next door at the time.
Ryan White, 29, is charged with the murder of Warren Burns.
Father-of-two Mr Burns, 37, died after being attacked at his home on Heysham Avenue, Withington, in May.
Prosecutors have told jurors he was kicked, stamped and punched to death.
Brandon White, 21; Ryan White, 29; and Damian White, 33, who are related, all deny murder. They are standing trial at Manchester Crown Court.
Jurors have heard 'three men' knocked on at Mr Burns' home 'uninvited before they 'went upstairs to find him. Mr Burns' partner was said to have been left 'terrified' and 'ran' from the house with their 10-week-old son.
Prosecutors claim a 'grudge of sorts' between Mr Burns and the White family may have 'rumbled away in the background for years! Giving evidence, I went to go weed -I an deal Ryan W Ryan White told jurors that on May 21 he was at Platt Fields Park, where he met a friend to buy cannabis to sell on.
"I went to go and buy weed - I am a drug dealer," he told jurors.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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