Mum and her two children murdered man on doorstep

A mother has been found guilty, alongside her son and daughter, of the murder of a man who was stabbed on his doorstep in a "revenge attack".

Paul Scott, 37, was attacked at his home in Peridot Close, Blackburn, on 22 June by Liam Donlin, while his sister Amie Clegg filmed the stabbing on Snapchat, Lancashire Police said.

Donlin, 25, Clegg, 22, and their mother Joanne Maxwell, 44, were convicted of murder by a jury at Preston Crown Court following a 13-day trial.

The trio, all of Lynwood Avenue, Darwen, will be sentenced on 20 March.

They had planned the attack as "revenge" after Mr Scott broke up "an altercation" involving Maxwell, police said.

The trio had armed themselves with knives and gone at 03:00 BST to Mr Scott's home, where Clegg lured him to the front door.

She then stepped back and began filming as he answered the door and was stabbed by Donlin.

Prior to the murder, Clegg and Maxwell had sent messages to associates threatening Mr Scott and those involved in the altercation.

Donlin, who was only released from prison shortly before the murder, also sent voice messages saying he was going to attack someone with a knife, police said.

The force received a report from the ambulance service that Mr Scott was unresponsive at his address on 22 June. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A call had been made by Clegg, a distant relative of Mr Scott, who lied about her and her brother's names. She told the ambulance service she did not know the address she was at or how Mr Scott had suffered his injuries.

Police said as the call handler talked them through CPR, she told them Mr Scott "was already dead and that she didn't know what the call handler wanted her to do for him".

The siblings and their mother were arrested and charged with murder.

Donlin later pleaded guilty to manslaughter and possession of a bladed article and not guilty to murder, and Maxwell and Clegg both pleaded not guilty to murder.

Following the trial, a jury found all three guilty of murder, while Maxwell and Clegg were also found guilty of possession of a bladed article.

After they were convicted, Mr Scott's family said in a statement: "It's been a long road towards justice for Pauly.

"The past seven months has been the most challenging time our family has ever had to endure.

"Our beloved Paul Scott was taken from us in an unimaginable act of cruelty.

"A trio of evil attacked, killed and filmed Paul's last moments in the dead of night on his own doorstep.

"Over this three-week trial we have been forced to relive this twisted nightmare in horrific detail."

Det Supt John McNamara said: "Liam Donlin may have been the person to fatally stab Paul, but he was not his only murderer.

"Amie Clegg lured Paul to the front door, knowing that he was afraid of what her brother and mum may do to him then filmed his murder on Donlin's phone.

"My and the team's thoughts remain with Paul's family today."

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