Trio convicted of 'breathtakingly evil' Queensland toolbox murders
Three people have been found guilty of murder and a fourth of manslaughter over the "breathtakingly evil" slaying of two Queensland parents.
In January 2016, Iuliana Triscaru and Cory Breton were lured to a unit in Kingston, south of Brisbane, where they were tortured and assaulted over a drug dispute turned ugly. Next, their killers stuffed them inside a metal toolbox and dumped the box in a Logan dam.
On Thursday afternoon, after a three-week trial and just two hours of deliberation, a jury found Trent Michael Thrupp, Stou Daniels and Davy Malu Junior Taiao guilty of murder and torture.
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Iuliana Triscaru and Cory Breton were found in a toolbox thrown in a dam. 9News
A fourth man, Waylon Walker, had been charged with murder but was instead found guilty of manslaughter.
There was weeping and sobbing in the packed courtroom as the verdicts were delivered.
Mr Breton's widow, Miranda Parkinson, spoke to reporters outside Brisbane's Supreme Court.
"Over the last five years we have not been able to properly grieve for Cory due to court proceedings," she said.
"Now we have some sort of closure."
The grisly crime took place after one of the men thought Mr Breton was setting him up.
Police pulled the toolbox from a Logan lagoon during the investigation of the pair's deaths. 9News
The group, all involved in the drug business, turned on the victims.
At the start of the trial in February, all four had pleaded not guilty.
Crown prosecutor David Meredith had described the killings as "breathtakingly evil".
Thrupp attempted to plead guilty to manslaughter, but the prosecution refused to accept it.
The slain pair's remains were found 18 days after they were reported missing.
The four killers will be sentenced on Monday.
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