A Muswellbrook man who "freaked out" and stabbed his work mentor to death after allegedly waking to find the man sexually assaulting him has been found not guilty of murder.
After a trial in the NSW Supreme Court in NSW, the jury on Monday instead found Jamie Cust guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter.
Filipino man Jesus Bebita, 41, was found in pool of blood on the bathroom floor of his Scone flat in December 2018, with 49 stab wounds to his head, back and hands.
Jamie Cust, who was 21 at the time of the attack, turned himself in to police in the hours after the attack, tearily telling them Mr Bebita had tried to rape him.
