A Bishopsworth man has been cleared of murdering his brother.
Daniel Millett contacted the 112 emergency number on October 26 last year at 3.45pm and told the operator his younger brother Marc had overdosed on drugs and was "long gone", Bristol Crown Court heard.
But when police arrived at the flat they shared at Bishport Avenue, Bishopsworth, they found that Marc Millett had sustained a single, fatal stab wound to his heart. Daniel Millett denied being responsible.
The 45-year-old, of Cowler Walk in Bishopsworth, denied murder between October 24 and 27 last year.
A jury heard 39-year-old Marc was found to have sustained a single stab wound to his chest which punctured his heart and killed him.
The court heard there had been incidents involving others and damage reported at the council flat the brothers both used.
On one occasion Marc was injured by a machete but refused to make a formal complaint to police.
The court heard evidence of how, on that day, Daniel Millett texted his mum Carol and told her his brother must have taken 100 tablets as well as his own methadone, and he couldn't believe it.
A post mortem examination revealed Marc suffered a fatal stab to his heart which was 10cm deep and caused "catastrophic" blood loss, mostly internally.
Crime scene investigators found spots of blood at the flat. There was also a knife recovered, without DNA.
Jurors in the trial, which was subject to stringent two-metre social distancing due to coronavirus pandemic, found Daniel Millett not guilty.
