A father and son convicted of murdering a thief in a vigilante killing in Bury St Edmunds have been handed life sentences.

David King, 56, and Edward King, 20, hunted down 47-year-old Neil Charles and stabbed him in the chest around 70 metres from their home after he tried the door handles of cars parked on their driveway.

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East Anglian Daily Times: Neil Charles suffered a 12cm single stab wound to the chest. Picture: Suffolk police/supplied by the familyNeil Charles suffered a 12cm single stab wound to the chest. Picture: Suffolk police/supplied by the family (Image: Suffolk police/Supplied by the family)

The duo, of Radnor Close, were unanimously found guilty of murder by a jury at Ipswich Crown Court in May last year. They had both denied the charge.