The reasons why quiet software engineer David Reid, 48, knifed his doting parents Diana, 71, and Graham, 75, has been uncovered by a renowned forensic neuropsychologist.
David Reid, 48, killed his parents at their Sydney residence in August 2019
The software developer was jailed for five years over the deranged killings
He left a suicide note online detailing his struggles with Peter Pan Syndrome
Reid blamed his parents for keeping him at home and thought they were critical
The judge said there was no rational explanation for his homicidal attacks
A mentally disturbed software engineer who killed his mother as she ate breakfast and his father as he lay in bed has been jailed for at least five years and six months. These terrible crimes were committed in tragic circumstances which ended the lives of the offender s parents, said Justice Peter Johnson in the NSW Supreme Court on Friday.
David Reid, 48, pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to the manslaughter of his parents Diana, 71, and Graham, 75, at their Sutherland home where he had lived all his life.
David Reid, 48, (pictured) killed his mother as she ate breakfast and his father as he lay in bed