A Supreme Court jury has today found a man guilty of the stabbing murder of his neighbour amid a feud over a chicken wire fence.

Key points: Darren Geoffrey Lorke pleaded not guilty to the murder of his neighbour

Darren Geoffrey Lorke pleaded not guilty to the murder of his neighbour The court heard the stabbing was amid a lengthy property dispute

The court heard the stabbing was amid a lengthy property dispute A jury of 12 today rejected Lorke's claims of self-defence

Darren Geoffrey Lorke, 53, was found guilty of murdering 51-year-old Kevin Skeyhill at Tungkillo in 2017, with the jury rejecting claims that Lorke was acting in self-defence.

During the two-week trial, the jury heard the two men lived on neighbouring properties with just a chicken wire fence between them but tensions escalated to a point where security cameras were installed, "no trespassing" signs were erected and punches were thrown.

"It can be said 'good fences make good neighbours' — this wasn't a good fence by any stretch of the imagination," prosecutor Mark Norman SC said in his opening address.

He said that Lorke stabbed Mr Skeyhill in the chest and through his heart with an eight-inch camouflage hunting knife.

"It was, as the prosecution suggests, the culmination of a lengthy and bitter property dispute between the two men," he said.

It is alleged the dispute centred around fencing issues and stormwater which was running from Mr Skeyhill's property onto Lorke's lawn.

Emergency services were called to this Tungkillo property in September, 2017. ( ABC News: Nicola Gage )

"[Mr Lorke] took pride in his house and his yard, he appears to have been a particularly tidy and organised man," Mr Norman said.

"Mr Skeyhill — the deceased — was a wool classer, he worked for a local shearing company and he doesn't appear to have been particularly organised or tidy."

Mr Norman said in the days leading up to the killing, the accused "took matters into his own hands" and dug a trench on Mr Skeyhill's property.

The jury was also told that Mr Skeyhill retaliated by throwing soil onto Lorke's roof and by digging up part of his lawn, which sparked a confrontation between the two men where punches were thrown.

Mr Skeyhill then installed security cameras and "no trespassing" signs on his property, as well as flood lights which shone into Lorke's yard.

On September 13, 2017, Lorke stabbed his neighbour in the heart.

Defence barrister Greg Mead SC told the jury that his client was acting in self-defence or defence of his property.

"The issue in this trial is whether this death is what lawyers call 'justifiable homicide'," he said.

Auxiliary Justice Michael David will sentence Lorke at a later date.