A 'layabout' son who stabbed his teacher parents to death for telling him to get a job - and inherited their £1.5million estate has been released from jail.
MailOnline can reveal that Dighton, now 49, was recommended for release by the Parole Board in September 2023. It was his second parole hearing. Read More The 'mummy's boy' held after his parents are knifed to death at the home he refused to leave 'Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community.
'It is standard for the prisoner and witnesses to be questioned at length during the hearing which often lasts a full day or more. The Evening Standard reported in April 2012 that Dighton would inherit his parent's £1.5m fortune as their sole beneficiary because he was convicted of manslaughter and not murder.
Crispin Aylett QC, prosecuting, said Dighton had a hangover on the day of the murders because he had got home late after a drinking session that ended at a strip club.