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- Matt Portwood, 42, died after being stabbed in the neck outside the Haystack Pub in Furtherwick Road, in the early hours of Saturday, February 4, last year.
- Jamie Lewis, 25, of Bensham Lane, Croydon, was convicted at Basildon Crown Court on October 10, after a jury found him guilty of murder.
- He appeared in the same court on Thursday, January 11, for sentencing.
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