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GUILTY: Douane Brown convicted of murdering Horace Williams in Smethwick shop

A father of four is facing life in jail after being found guilty of murdering another man in a queue at a Black Country Bureau de Change.

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Douane Brown had a long running feud with Horace Williams and snapped when the pair met by chance at the shop in Cape Hill, Smethwick, that was also an internet café.

Words were exchanged as they stared at each other and then the defendant plunged a knife into the neck of 36-year-old Mr Williams before calmly walking to his nearby car on April 16.

The victim staggered out into the street where he bled to death in minutes despite the valiant efforts of passersby and paramedics.

Witnesses later told police: "It was like a scene out of a horror movie."

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Meanwhile Brown from Bickington Road, Bartley Green, booked a flight to Jamaica that took off from Gatwick Airport two days later.

He bought an extra luggage allowance indicating he intended to stay there for some time.

But the 39-year-old missed the plane.

He was arrested the night before the flight by police who spotted him in Kendrick Way, West Bromwich, at the wheel of the same Ford Focus in which he left the scene of the stabbing.

Brown denied murder but was unanimously found guilty by the Birmingham Crown Court jury after a five-day trial.

Judge Mark Wall QC told him he would be sentenced tomorrow morning and Brown was remanded in custody overnight.

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