Sky News Australia | Man awaits sentence over best mate's death 9news.com.au A man who fatally stabbed his mate during a heated argument in 2012 will be sentenced for manslaughter. Supreme Court jurors in Cairns on Thursday found Rodney Pickering, 46, not guilty of murdering his childhood friend Ivan Owens in Croydon, in the ... Best friend stabbing: Cairns court finds Rodney Pickering guilty of manslaughter ... North Queensland man guilty of best friend's manslaughter Qld man awaits sentence over mate's death |