Former British Soldier Jailed for Killing Neighbours With Ceremonial Dagger

Former British Soldier Jailed for Killing Neighbours With Ceremonial Dagger
Artist's sketch of Collin Reeves (left, with prison officer) in the dock at Bristol Crown Court during his murder trial on June 8, 2022. Elizabeth Cook/PA
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A former British Army soldier who served in Afghanistan has been jailed for life—with a minimum term of 38 years—for murdering his neighbours in a petty row over a parking space.

Collin Reeves, 35, a former Royal Engineer, used a ceremonial dagger he was given when he left the army in 2017 to stab Stephen and Jennifer Chapple to death after bursting into their home in Norton Fitzwarren, a village in Somerset in the west of England on Nov. 21, 2021.

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