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| Man guilty of Don Lock 'road rage' killing | |
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| A man who stabbed a retired solicitor 39 times after a crash between their cars has been cleared of murder but convicted of his manslaughter. | |
| Matthew Daley, 35, killed Donald Lock, on the A24 in Findon, near Worthing, last July after the 79-year-old ran into the back of his vehicle. | Matthew Daley, 35, killed Donald Lock, on the A24 in Findon, near Worthing, last July after the 79-year-old ran into the back of his vehicle. |
| Daley had admitted stabbing Mr Lock to death, claiming diminished responsibility. | |
| Lewes Crown Court heard Daley suffered from chronic mental health problems. | |
| The judge, Mr Justice Singh adjourned the case for sentencing on 8 July. | |
| 'NHS failings' | |
| Mr Lock's family said the manslaughter verdict brought to a close the "most horrific 10 months of our lives and brings some sort of justice for Dad" but blamed the NHS for his death. | |
| "This verdict effectively provides the Daley family with what they have wanted for the last few years, their son in a safe place away from harm's way and being treated correctly," the family said in a statement. | |
| "For them they can still visit their son, hug him and talk to him and enjoy aspects of his life with him albeit constrained at the same time. | |
| "For us all we can do is cling on to the wonderful memories of Dad. | |
| "As a consequence of the failings of the NHS and this verdict, it is clear that dad would still be here today if they had done their job properly." | |
| During the trial, jurors were told Daley's mother pleaded with mental health experts to have her son sectioned. | |
| She told the court the day she heard Mr Lock was killed was "the day that all your nightmares came true". | |
| The great-grandfather, who had recently been given the all-clear from prostate cancer, was returning from a cycle meeting when his car crashed into the back of Daley's Ford Fusion. |