TWO men who wore Scream horror masks were today convicted of the brutal murder of popular Newport father-of-three Lemy Bullock.

Mohammed 'Mo' Nasser, 44, of Kirby Lane, and Martyn Bruce, 38, of Courtybella Gardens, both Pill, were found guilty by a jury of slaying Mr Bullock, with Aaron Kent, when armed with a samurai sword.

Mr Bullock, 36, of Dolphin Court, Pill, died in hospital two hours after suffering two stab wounds to his stomach at one of his local pubs, Harvey's bar on Commercial Road, last March.

Kent, 24, of Livale Court, Bettws, Newport, pleaded guilty to Mr Bullock's murder last August.

During a five- week trial at Cardiff crown court 'Mo' Nasser and Bruce had denied murdering Mr Bullock.

Also on trial were 'Mo' Nasser's brother, Abdul 'Sammy' Nasser, who was accused of murder over allegations he supplied the trio with the sword and Mohammed 'Ziggy' Abbes was accused of harbouring Kent, 'Mo' Nasser and Bruce at a block of flats he lived in at Florence House in Pill's Ruperra Street.

A jury unanimously cleared 'Sammy' Nasser, 39, of Bassaleg Road, Newport of murder and Mr Abbes, 50, of Cardiff Road, Newport was acquitted of the charge of assisting an offender.