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Scottish man convicted of murder in vampire slaying.
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A man who became obsessed with a vampire movie was convicted Wednesday of murdering his best friend, a man whose blood he said he drank in an effort to gain immortality.
Allan Menzies, 22, was found guilty of bludgeoning to death 21-year-old Thomas McKendrick in a frenzied attack after they had an argument over "Queen of the Damned," a film that starred the late American R&B singer and actress Aaliyah as the vampire Akasha.
Menzies had seen a video of the horror film more than 100 times in the months before the murder, witnesses said. The defendant claimed that he had been ordered by a vampire from the movie to kill his friend.…
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