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A Saskatoon jury has found Alvin Patrick Junior Naistus guilty of second-degree murder in connection to the stabbing death of 44-year-old Billy Johnston.

Through its verdict, which came down Thursday night at Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench, the jury determined that Naistus fatally stabbed Johnston with the intent to kill him, and that it was not done in self-defence.

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Around 6:30 a.m. on April 18, 2015, Naistus and Johnston faced-off in the parking lot of the Northwoods Inn on Idylwyld Drive after leaving a motel room party. Witnesses testified they were both holding some type of bladed weapon and yelling as they postured back and forth.

A cellphone video taken by a woman at the motel shows Naistus lunge at Johnston, who then falls to the ground. The jury heard that Johnston died from a stab wound to the heart.

The defence argued Naistus was acting in self-defence when he stabbed Johnston, who was high on hydromorphone and meth that morning. The woman who took the video testified she sometimes used drugs with the victim and that he was known to be aggressive when he was high.