Stop giving daggers to ex-soldiers, says coroner after Somerset murders

Ceremonial dagger presented upon retirement from army was used in killing of couple in 2017

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.