By Australian Associated Press
Published: 11:26 GMT, 22 February 2019 | Updated: 11:27 GMT, 22 February 2019
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A convicted killer has been found guilty of the stabbing murder of another man in a Sydney shop after a judge rejected a claim he acted in self-defence.
Almost 25 years after Douglas Johnson murdered a drinking companion in Newcastle, he has been found guilty of the stabbing murder of a man in a Sydney shoes and accessories shop.
The 47-year-old had pleaded not guilty in the NSW Supreme Court to murdering David Morrison, 41, on June 29, 2017 in the Campsie store.
CCTV footage in the shop captured the broad daylight incident, although it happened some distance from the camera and there was no sound.
Justice Stephen Campbell - who heard the trial without a jury - on Friday found Johnson guilty of Mr Morrison's murder, rejecting a claim of self-defence and finding he had intended to cause his victim really serious injury.
In a pre-trial decision on 'tendency evidence', the judge noted Johnson was 18 when he fatally stabbed 25-year-old Peter John Miller in the upper back as he made his way home from a Newcastle hospital in June 1993.
Mr Miller had received stitches there for three non-fatal knife wounds earlier inflicted by Johnson during a fight that broke out between the pair, who were known to each other, while they
