A neighbour, who murdered a father-of-three because he thought he had sexually assaulted two 14-year-old girls, has been jailed for life.

Greig Love, 20, who admitted killing Daniel O'Farrell , 21, was ordered to serve a minimum of 14 years behind bars.

He stabbed Mr O'Farrell repeatedly at 23 Greenlaw Crescent in Glenrothes, Fife, on September 9, last year.

First offender Love confronted Mr O'Farrell after it was alleged he had sexually abused two teenage girls at a party.

Judge Lord Matthews told Love: "The appropriate course of action would have been to contact the police, instead of carrying out an execution.

"His parents had the awful experience of burying their child, his daughters will grow up never knowing him and their lives will be blighted by knowing he was murdered."

The High Court in Glasgow heard first offender Love confronted Mr O'Farrell after it was alleged he had sexually abused two teenage girls at a party.

Love went to Mr O'Farrell's house, armed with two knives, and stabbed him three times in the chest and back. One knife was left embedded in his back and the blade of the other knife was left in his chest.

After the brutal attack Love, who was upset and crying, went to his parents' home at 9am and confessed saying: "Help me, take me to the police station. I think I've killed somebody."

Defence QC Ian Duguid said: "This is a rather sad and sorry case. An emotional over-reaction to Mr Love learning that there were two alleged sexual assaults on two 14-year-old girls in a house.

"This is a 20-year-old first offender who has no record of acting in a violent fashion. He is very sorry for having reacted in this way. He acted out of character in extreme circumstances.

"He claims that Mr Farrell said he was going to take the virginity of one of the girls and then take her into the woods in a black bag."