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Tess de la Mare & Sam Elliott-Gibbs

Self-confessed killer who knifed neighbour to death 27 times found guilty

A man who knifed his neighbour 27 times after subjecting him to years of threats and abuse has been found guilty of murder.

Can Arslan, 52, lay in wait for father-of-three Matthew Boorman and attacked the 43-year-old as he walked towards his front door after returning from work on the afternoon of October 5 last year.

The killing was the culmination of 12 years of threats from Arslan against his neighbours in Walton Cardiff, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, many of whom had installed expensive security systems, Bristol Crown Court heard.

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