A 27-year-old man has been found guilty of the murder of his father whom he stabbed to death and dismembered before placing his body parts in storage boxes which he used as a television stand.

Nathan Robinson used a Stanley knife, a hacksaw and a saw to cut up the body of William Spiller at the flat they shared in Lacey Court, Stedman Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, in May 2013.

A jury at Winchester Crown Court took just one and a half hours to find Robinson guilty of the murder of the 48-year-old taxi driver.

He had denied the charge but admitted manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility.

The trial heard that Robinson cut up his father's body and put the parts in storage boxes with a television placed on top in the victim's bedroom. His head was placed in a box and put in a filing cabinet.

The court was told that, the following day, the defendant travelled to Glasgow to visit friends and gave one of them a boxset of the Saw horror films.

Robinson told the court that he had only limited memories of the killing.

He claimed that he had been abused as a child by his father and by another man on a separate occasion. He also said his mother, Elaine Robinson, worked as a prostitute and he had found an advertisement which she used to offer her services.

However, Nigel Lickley QC, prosecuting, said the likely motive for the killing was financial as Robinson owed his father £36,000.

He also took almost £8,000 of Mr Spiller's cash, which he used after the killing to go partying with his friends in Scotland and to take his mother to a vegan weekend in Bristol.

Robinson, wearing a grey suit, white shirt and tie, showed no emotion or reaction as the verdict was announced.

The judge, Mr Justice Griffith Williams, thanked the jury and said: "There is only one sentence I can pass, which is life imprisonment, but I have to determine the minimum term he will serve before the parole board will consider his release."

The case was adjourned for sentencing on a date to be fixed and Robinson was remanded in custody.