Terrell Marshall-Williams was stabbed eight times with a Rambo knife at a property on Warnford Walk, Merry Hill, on the afternoon of 18 September last year.

Omari Lauder, 24, of Wolverhampton Street, Darlaston, and Mpho Obi, 22, of Strathfield Walk, Merry Hill, have both been found guilty of his murder.

The two men had denied murder and possessing an offensive weapon but were both convicted following a three-week-long trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court.

Obi had admitted possessing with intent to supply both heroin and cannabis before trial while Lauder was found not guilty of the same charges. The pair will be sentenced on July 1.

On the evening of September 18 the two defendants went to the flat armed with a large Rambo knife. Terrell was already at the location with a friend.

There they carried out a ferocious attack on Terrell where they attacked him multiple times leaving him to die. Lauder was injured himself in the stabbing.

Paramedics arrived and carried out CPR on Terrell but despite their best efforts he died at the scene.

Our dedicated team of detectives worked extremely hard on the case. CCTV footage showed Lauder and Obi in the area where the murder had taken place. They could be seen discarding clothing, drugs and a mobile phone in a nearby field. Officers recovered these and also found the blood stained Rambo knife.

Following the murder the two men were picked up by a taxi and CCTV showed Lauder getting dropped off at his home on Wolverhampton Street, Darlaston. Officers attended the address and found a trail of blood leading to the front door. Inside were signs that Lauder had tried to self-administer first aid.

We seized Obi’s phone and discovered a message sent just after the murder where he boasted that he had stabbed someone.

Obi was arrested on September 18. Lauder was arrested at Walsall Hospital two days later where he had been seeking treatment. He told staff he had been chased by a dog and had impaled himself on a fence.

They will both be sentenced on a date TBC.