A Scot has been jailed for life for murdering his mother and stepfather at their home in the United States.Derek Connell shot dead his mother, Kim Higginbotham, and her American husband, Christopher, in a violent rampage.The couple, both 48, were found dead at their home in Bakersfield, California, on April 30, 2016, by police officers.Connell, 33, originally from Shawlands, Glasgow, had claimed he killed Higginbotham after discovering his stepfather had shot dead his mother.The former soldier said he had been sexually abused by Higginbotham as a child and that his mother was killed when she confronted her husband about the allegations.However, a jury found him guilty of first degree murder for the killing of his stepfather and guilty of
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