Jarrod Mitchell did everything he could to avoid his spurned former friend Alex Bargiatakis​.

​He didn't respond to a stream of abusive calls and texts from Mr Bargiatakis​, and ignored him as he yelled and banged on the doors and windows for hours.

Alex Bargiatakis was fatally stabbed by Jarrod Mitchell. Credit:Facebook

When one of Mitchell's housemates let Mr Bargiatakis into their Rosebery house on the evening of March 23, 2015, he sat behind his locked bedroom door and got a fishing knife out of a drawer for protection.

The 22-year-old emerged only when Mr Bargiatakis said he was leaving, and slammed the front door.