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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Steven Morris

Stop giving daggers to retiring soldiers, says coroner after Somerset murders

Collin Reeves
Collin Reeves was jailed for a minimum of 38 years for the murders. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock

A senior coroner has called on the British military to stop handing out ceremonial daggers to retiring service personnel after hearing how a couple were stabbed to death by a former soldier using one.

Collin Reeves was presented with one of the weapons when he left the army in 2017 and four years later used it to murder his neighbours Stephen and Jennifer Chapple after a row over parking.

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