A man who fatally stabbed his cousin has been sentenced to eight years and three months in prison.
The court heard the pair clashed over an "inferior" supply of drugs.
Conrad Lardner will be eligible for parole in 2031.
A man who fatally stabbed his cousin during an argument over low-quality drugs on the NSW Mid North Coast has been sentenced to more than eight years' jail.
Conrad Lardner was initially charged with the murder of his cousin David Vale in 2023.
In August this year, Lardner, 51, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter by Justice Stephen Campbell in a judge-alone trial in the Supreme Court at Port Macquarie.
The court heard on March 1, 2023, Lardner stabbed his cousin David Vale outside a Kempsey property after he demanded a refund for "inferior quality drugs" supplied by Lardner.
During sentencing on Friday, Justice Campbell told the court Mr Vale started the fight when Lardner continued to "defy" him.
"The offender expected to have money to repay the deceased some time that day, [saying] 'I'll have a couple of dollars for you, as soon as I get it I'll come up to your place'.
Lardner gave evidence during the trial that after a series of blows between the pair, he picked up the knife that had fallen…
