A bloodstained knife and note saying 'it was me or him' was discovered next to the body of a man who was stabbed to death by his friend, a court has heard today.
Joe Holland, 25, was found in a 'pool of blood' in a locked bathroom after being stabbed to death by his friend James Preston, 21.
The pals were earlier seen in a group at a Chinese restaurant snorting ketamine off a table before heading to a pub where they carried on taking drugs and drinking alcohol.
But the 'mood changed' within 13 minutes when they returned to Preston's parents' house in Huyton Road, Fincham, Liverpool, Liverpool Crown Court heard today.