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Never-before-seen police bodycam footage has shed light on the notorious Alva Beach stabbings where two men were knifed in the heart by a frightened teenager.
In the chaotic video, cops are seen storming Dean Webber’s suburban home in tropical north Queensland on the night of the 2018 NRL Grand Final, moments after he stabbed two men.
What happened before the pair were knifed to death has been shrouded in mystery, with no charges ever laid and the teenager’s actions deemed self defence.
Diesel fitter Webber, then 19, stabbed Tom Davy, 27, and his friend Corey Christensen, 37, after they tried to enter his home looking for Candice Locke – Mr Davy’s girlfriend – who had fled after a drunken quadbike incident.
The bizarre case, which played out in the sleepy oceanside hamlet south of Townsville, has continued to divide opinion across Australia, raising tough questions about what lengths a person can got to to protect themselves in their own home.
In the new footage, the men’s bloodied bodies are seen sprawled out on Webber’s front lawn.
Candace Locke (pictured) took refuge at Mr Webber’s house on September 30, 2018. The group of men then allegedly broke into the property
The teenager is then seen laid on the floor with blood on his arms as police enter the house, before consoling a hysterical Ms Locke who was cowering on the kitchen floor.
Police shout ‘hands above your head’ as they approach the teenager, ordering himt o stay on the ground.
The two deceased men had been looking for Mr Davy’s injured girlfriend Candice Locke – who went to Mr Webber’s home seeking help after dislocating her shoulder in a quad bike accident.
The Queensland Supreme Court in March upheld Deputy State Coroner Jane Bentley’s ruling last year that Mr Webber would only have to give evidence in writing due to the trauma he had suffered.
Mr Davy’s mother hit out at the ruling and said Mr Webber’s mental state should not excuse him from fully answering for his actions that night.
The original decision came after the inquest heard he had experienced PTSD from the stabbing and therefore shouldn’t have to testify in person.
Mr Webber stabbed Tom Davy (left), 27, and friend Corey Christensen (right), 37, after they tried to come into his house in Alva Beach, north Queensland, on October 1, 2018
Mr Davy, who worked as an aircraft engineer, was on holiday with his girlfriend Ms Locke when the two first met Mr Christensen relaxing on the sand.
They and were invited to watch the Grand Final at a beach party – an event which had become somewhat of a tradition in the town.
As the wild, boozy night went on, Mr Davy went to sleep after the couple had a row.
Ms Locke decided to stay up and went on a buggy ride with another man – Louis Bengoa – a local sugarcane farmer.
Both were intoxicated on the late-night joy ride and Ms Locke fell out of the vehicle.
She ran for help to the nearest home and Mr Bengoa went back to find Mr Davy and Mr Christensen.
A shocked Mr Webber answered the door to find the distressed stranger and called Triple 0 before the three other men eventually came to the home and began knocking on the door and trying to force their way inside through side windows and screen doors.
Mr Davy (right) who worked as an aircraft engineer, was on holiday with his girlfriend Ms Locke when the two first met Mr Christensen (left) on the sand and were invited to watch the Grand Final at a beach party
The teenager had never seen Ms Locke or any of the three men before that night.
Investigators believe that everyone involved was just ‘trying to save’ Ms Locke and thought she was in danger.
The terrified young man called emergency services three times in total, before police eventually arrived to find a blood-soaked scene with two dead bodies almost an hour after the first call.
Dean Webber, 19, (pictured) stabbed two men who broke into his home on September 30, 2018
Mr Webber maintains that he was defending himself.
‘I’ve never been in a fight in my life and there are three burly blokes trying to break in. I was just trying to protect myself and Candice,’ he said in a police interview.
Mr Webber claims, the three men were shouting threats from outside the home and warned him against calling authorities.
When the men made it through the door, Mr Webber said he was ‘thrown on his head’ before getting back up and stabbing both Mr Davy and Mr Christensen in the heart.
Their bodies would later been found on the front lawn outside the home.
Police bodycam footage shows officers entering the home to find a shaken Mr Webber face-down on the ground of his home with Ms Locke laying in the kitchen.
Mr Webber claims all three men entered the home after breaking in, but a coronial inquest only found Mr Davy’s DNA inside the home.
Despite the lack of answers, a landmark legal ruling means Mr Webber will not have to take the stand and give evidence on the grounds his is severely traumatised and suffering PTSD from the ordeal.
Mr Davy has hit out the decision not to force Mr Webber to take the stand (pictured: Mr Christensen’s wife)
Mr Davy’s mother hit out at the ruling and said Mr Webber’s mental state should not excuse him from fully answering for his actions that night.
‘We feel that the person who has taken those two lives should be questioned to explain,’ Heather Davy told The Courier-Mail.
The family of the two men killed had challenged the move not to force Mr Webber to testify, but their hopes of dismissing a judicial review were ended in March by Acting Supreme Court Justice Anthony Rafter.
Lawyer Rebecca Fogerty, who represents Mr Davy’s family, had said they wanted the cross-examination process to be as easy as possible for Mr Webber.
‘It’s an important consideration that if the witness is required to give evidence in person, that he does not have to go through that process anymore than he absolutely needs to,’ Ms Fogerty said, according to the Cairns Post.
‘This is of course a tragic situation for everybody involved and we are very conscious of the fact that for Mr Webber the process of giving evidence will be a very distressing one.’
A coronial inquest was launched into the deaths of Tom Davy, 27, and Corey Christensen, 37. Mr Webber (pictured) was excused from giving evidence in person because of his PTSD
