{"id":698056,"date":"2026-01-15T16:55:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/698056\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:55:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:55:18","slug":"man-stabbed-friend-to-death-in-port-glasgow-flat-common-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/698056\/","title":{"rendered":"Man stabbed friend to death in Port Glasgow flat common close"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man who stabbed his friend to death is facing a lengthy jail term.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lewis Mullen attacked Jack Trainner in the common close of the victim\u2019s flats in Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, on April 27, 2024.<\/p>\n

Mullen had stood trial at the High Court in Glasgow, accused of murdering the 27-year-old, but was convicted of the reduced charge of culpable homicide while acting under provocation.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old will be sentenced next month.<\/p>\n

Jurors heard how the men knew each other and would sometimes play video games together.<\/p>\n

Mullen had gone to his friend\u2019s home that day.<\/p>\n

Giving evidence, he told jurors: \u201cI thought it would be like any other time and he would invite me in.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I knocked, I could see that he was aggressive right away.\u201d<\/p>\n

The trial heard claims Mr Trainner had a crossbow and then a knife at different stages.<\/p>\n

A struggle then spilled outside before Mullen followed Mr Trainner back into the block.<\/p>\n

He said the victim went at him with a knife before Mullen struck him with a purple-bladed weapon that he had in rucksack.<\/p>\n

Mullen believed he only struck his friend once in the chest, although it emerged he also had a cut near his eye.<\/p>\n

Asked by his KC Thomas Ross how long he had to \u201cassess his options\u201d that day, he replied: \u201cSeconds \u2013 it all happened so quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

He believed that had he turned his back, he would have been stabbed.<\/p>\n

Mullen left the scene, but later handed himself in to the police after he discovered Mr Trainner had passed away.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Wojciech Jajdelski later put to Mullen why he had not simply \u201cwalked away\u201d after they had been outside.<\/p>\n

He replied: \u201cWe were friends. This was not the Jack I knew. I thought I could calm him down.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the verdict, Mr Jajdelski said Mullen had a number of previous convictions, but had never been sentenced to jail.<\/p>\n

Lord Renucci continued his remand in custody as sentencing was deferred until February 12 in Dundee.<\/p>\n

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