Father and son runaways Gino and Mark Stocco to learn fate
The Stocco father and son duo were the subject of a manhunt across two states. (AAP)
A father and son pair who sparked a major manhunt and were wanted for eight years are due front court today.
Fugitives Gino Stocco, 69, and his 36-year-old son Mark appeared in Dubbo Court in June, pleading guilty to one count each of murder and destroying property by fire.
The pair were on the run before police caught them in a dramatic arrest at a property in Pinevale, near Dubbo in October last year.
Soon after the arrest, police found the body of the property's Italian-born caretaker, 68-year-old Rosario Cimone, in a shallow grave.
Mr Cimone was connected to cannabis cultivation and organised crime.
The pair had been at large for eight years, wanted over alleged property offences in Queensland.
After they allegedly fired at police in October 2015 in Wagga Wagga, officers ramped up efforts to find the fugitives with the manhunt spanning several weeks across parts of Victoria and NSW.
The pair face a sentence hearing in the NSW Supreme Court today.
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