David Reid was charged after Graham and Dianaâs deaths in Sutherland.
Crime by Amelia Saw
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Subscriber only David Reid did not plan to kill his elderly parents but stabbed them to death - without warning or provocation - after dressing for work one morning in the south Sydney home where the trio lived, a court heard. The 46-year-old IT worker then attempted suicide. When he couldn t do that, he rang triple 000 and gave a description of the scene to police. The shock revelation emerged during Reid s sentencing hearing for two counts of manslaughter, downgraded from murder charges, after a plea deal was reached negating the need for a trial.