A killer has hung his head and wiped away tears after a jury found him guilty of murdering another man in a suburban park.
Malwal Aweng, 28, admitted fatally stabbing Mayiik Ring, 32, on December 30, 2022, but he claimed he did not intend to kill or cause serious injury.
However, a Victorian Supreme Court jury found he did, returning a guilty verdict on Wednesday after less than a day of deliberations.
Mr Ring was at a St Albans reserve in Melbourne's northwest with his girlfriend when an argument broke out between Aweng and the woman.
The argument became physical and Mr Ring tried to intervene as the pair began shoving each other and throwing punches.
At one point, Aweng grabbed a knife out of his girlfriend's bag and slashed her neck before stabbing Mr Ring in the abdomen.
Mr Ring was able to stay on his feet and even ran to a nearby car to grab a pole to defend himself, causing Aweng to flee.
Mr Ring then stumbled to a nearby community centre for help but he collapsed at the entrance.
Paramedics tried to revive the 32-year-old but he was declared dead at Sunshine Hospital shortly after midnight on December 31.
Aweng faced a murder trial in March but the jury was discharged on April 3 because it could not reach a unanimous verdict.
A second trial began the next day with the jurors returning their guilty verdict about 11.30am on Wednesday after starting their deliberations just after midday on Tuesday.
Aweng looked forward in shock as the verdict was handed down, before hanging his head and crying.
One of the jurors also wiped away tears as the guilty finding was delivered.
Aweng was remanded in custody to face a pre-sentence hearing before Justice Andrew Tinney in June.
