Karl Townsend

Jamie Cunningham and his half-brother Karl Townsend walked out of the Liverpool Crown Court relieved after being told they were free to go by Judge Menary during a three-week trial.

The jury acquitted Cunningham of the murder of Jordan Brophy and could not come to a consensus on the same charge against Townsend.

The incident took place October last year in Liverpool, England where Karl Townsend was notified by the Ring doorbell mobile app on his smartphone that his home was being burglarized.

Townsend was with his sibling Jamie Cunningham at the time the app alerted him. They both rushed to Townsend’s home and confronted the thieves.

Both men have pleaded not guilty.

The upset homeowner used a knife to inflict several wounds on one of the burglars, Jordan Brophy, 31, killing him. Brophy’s partners in crime managed to escape.