A man has been found guilty of the murder of Tyrone Williamson.

Mr Williamson was just 25-years-old when he was stabbed to death on Battenburg Road, Bolton on December 11 last year.

Now following a trial over the last week at Minshull Street Crown Court, Anthony George, 42, has been found guilty of murder.

Opening the trial last week, Simon Blakebrough KC, prosecuting, said: “It is the prosecution’s case that Anthony George murdered Tyrone Williamson in the street.”

He added: “He said: “He was heard by more than one witness threatening to slit someone’s throat.”

“And chillingly he was heard to have said what was going to happen to them for accusing them of stealing the phone and money.”

Over the course of the trial, the jury heard how George, of no fixed abode, stabbed Mr Williamson after an argument broke out after George had visited Mr Williamson’s home on Battenburg Road.

George was accused of stealing Mr Williamson’s mobile phone while other people at the house also accused him of stealing money.

Mr Blakebrough told the jury how George then produced a knife and was thrown out onto Battenburg Road.

While on Battenburg Road, George then got into a car that had pulled up.

Mr Williamson then went up to the car and a confrontation began.

It was during that confrontation that, Mr Blakebrough said, George fatally stabbed Mr Williamson three times.

Liam Walker KC, defending had argued that George’s mental health difficulties and drug use made it difficult to recall the events of December 11 2021.

He told the court that George George had been drinking excessively that night and his memory had also been affected by the serious assault he had suffered in the aftermath, while his mental health conditions including PTSD and ADHD also made recalling the events difficult.

Mr Walker told the court George’s case is he could not have formed an intention to do Mr Williamson serious harm.

But following just a day of deliberations, the jury unanimously found Anthony George guilty of murdering Tyrone Williamson.

Her Honour Justice Amanda Yip ruled that George will be brought back to Minshull Street Crown Court on December 19 to learn his fate.