A homeless man shouted ‘Die, you bastard!’ as he viciously stabbed the father of a family who took him in twice.

Aaron Barley turned on the kind-hearted Wilkinson family, who fed him and found him accommodation, stabbing a mother and her son to death and attempting to kill her husband.

On the first day of his trial at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday, Barley, 24, admitted murdering Tracey Wilkinson and son Pierce, 13, in their home in Stourbridge, West Mids, in March.

Aaron Barley killed Tracey and Pierce Wilkinson at their home in Stourbridge (Pictures: PA) More

He had already admitted attempting to murder Mrs Wilkinson’s husband, businessman Peter, by stabbing him in the face, abdomen and neck.

The Wilkinsons’ daughter, Lydia, 19, was away at university at the time of the attack.

The Wilkinson family had tried to help Barley turn his life around on two occasions before his attack.

Recalling the attack, Mr Wilkinson, who was seriously injured, said: “He said ‘Die, you bastard’ as he stuck the knife into me.

Barley was arrested after stealing and crashing Mr Wilkinson’s 4×4 vehicle (Picture: PA) More

Pierce, left, his sister Lydia and father, Peter (Picture: PA) More

“I said to him after he’d stabbed me, ‘Aaron we tried to help you’, and he stuck the knife into my stomach and said ‘Die, you bastard’.”

Barley was fed, helped with accommodation and even given a job after Mrs Wilkinson found him on the street.

Barley, who appeared in the dock alongside four custody officers wearing a blue T-shirt, spoke quietly when entering his pleas on Tuesday.

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