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| Brett Rogers guilty of Stansted double murder | Brett Rogers guilty of Stansted double murder |
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| A man has been found guilty of murdering his mother and her friend, who were stabbed to death at her home. | A man has been found guilty of murdering his mother and her friend, who were stabbed to death at her home. |
| Gillian Phillips, 54, and David Oakes, 60, had more than 40 stab wounds each when police found them in Stansted Mountfitchet in 2015. | Gillian Phillips, 54, and David Oakes, 60, had more than 40 stab wounds each when police found them in Stansted Mountfitchet in 2015. |
| Chelmsford Crown Court heard that Brett Rogers killed the pair four months after he was released from prison for an attack on his father. | Chelmsford Crown Court heard that Brett Rogers killed the pair four months after he was released from prison for an attack on his father. |
| The 23-year-old, who had denied the killings, will be sentenced later. | The 23-year-old, who had denied the killings, will be sentenced later. |
| Read more on this story and other news from Essex | Read more on this story and other news from Essex |
| Jurors heard Rogers was found at his mother's home in Bentfield Gardens after the attacks laughing and covered in blood. | Jurors heard Rogers was found at his mother's home in Bentfield Gardens after the attacks laughing and covered in blood. |
| Mrs Phillips had been stabbed at least 41 times in the head, neck and torso. Mr Oakes suffered 56 wounds to his head, face and neck and died of severe head injuries. | |
| Mystery stranger | |
| A forensic scientist told the court seven knives found at the scene had been examined, many of them with Mr Roger's DNA on the handles, along with that of Mrs Phillips and Mr Oakes. | A forensic scientist told the court seven knives found at the scene had been examined, many of them with Mr Roger's DNA on the handles, along with that of Mrs Phillips and Mr Oakes. |
| Rogers claimed the pair were attacked by a mystery stranger while he went out to the supermarket for five minutes. | |
| He said he was stabbed in the hand in an alleyway by the stranger as he walked back from the shops. | |
| After that he went into his mother's house when he found the pair dead, he claimed. | |
| Under cross examination, he admitted he was capable of extreme violence "for no reason at all". | |
| During the trial Rogers attacked security guards beside him in the dock, but offered an apology for his behaviour when the case resumed. | |
| The court heard he was on licence at the time of the killings, after leaving his father with a broken eye socket in 2012. | The court heard he was on licence at the time of the killings, after leaving his father with a broken eye socket in 2012. |