JUST FRIENDS

A BRITISH man has sensationally walked free after being cleared of killing Ben Nesbitt.

Wai Ming Lam, 40 - who had already been once convicted of a similar attack on Nesbitt in the UK - was found not guilty over the Alicante attack.

Nesbitt, 22, had been found bleeding to death in a Quesada street on October 1, 2020. However, an Elche court judge ruled that Ming - who had fled

British man involved in stabbing of expat in the UK, walks free from his murder trial in Spain

the scene and was arrested on the France border - was not guilty.

This despite Ming being found guilty of being involved in a savage knife attack on Nesbitt, while he slept, near Preston, in 2017.

Ming pinned the blame in the Spanish attack on the British owner of the villa, where the attack happened.

The owner, who we are not naming for legal reasons, had earlier told the court he had heard the pair argue and later saw Ming - known as ‘Mingy’clutching a knife.

Ming, who was facing 16 years, insisted however he was a family friend of Nesbitt, who he had known since he was a 10-yearold boy.

He claimed he was staying with