Ex-soldier murdered neighbours following row over parking

An Afghanistan veteran has been convicted of murder after stabbing his neighbours in their home following a parking row.

Collin Reeves knifed Stephen and Jennifer Chapple six times each while their children slept in their house in Dragon Rise, Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset, on the evening of November 21 last year. Reeves, also of Dragon Rise, had been disputing with the young couple over designated parking on the new-build housing development for a while.

The 35-year-old former Royal Engineer used his ceremonial dagger, given to him when he left the army, to commit the murders. Security cameras caught him climbing the fence separating his garden from the victims' while entering through the back door.

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Footage also captured Mrs Chapple screaming in horror while Reeves could be heard shouting "die you f***** die". Mrs Chapple, 33, didn't get the chance to stand up and defend herself.

Following the incident, Reeves called the police to tell them what he did, but later denied murder and pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. On Friday, a jury at Bristol Crown Court found Reeves guilty of two counts of murder following five hours and 21 minutes of deliberations.

He did not react as the verdict was read out, however, his wife Kayley wept and was able to hold her husband's hand in the gaps in the glass of the dock for a few seconds before he was led to the cells. The court heard the Chapples and Reeces previously had a good relationship but it deteriorated when Mrs Chapple learned to drive and purchased a second car.

Ten days before the murder, Reeves was caught on doorbell