June 2018: Candice Locke, 29 and Tom Davy, 27, meet via a dating app. Ms Locke was living in Ayr, about 90 minutes south of Townsville, and he in Cairns.
September 30, 2018: They met up with each other in Alva Beach, north of Queensland, for the NRL Grand Final long weekend.
The pair went for a fishing trip on a beach where they met local father-of-three Corey Christensen, 37.
Later in the evening Ms Locke hurt her shoulder and sought refuge from the group of men she was with in 19-year-old Dean Webber’s Topton Street home.
Mr Davy, Mr Christensen and a third man arrived at the home and allegedly tried to break in.
The men allegedly ripped through Mr Webber’s screen door and stormed inside his home.
Mr Webber ‘blindly thrust a kitchen knife in the dark’ to defend himself, hitting one man in the chest and the other through the armpit.
Mr Webber was arrested when police arrived too late to save either man but was released without charge as detectives decided he acted in self-defence.
October 13, 2020: The inquest into the two men’s deaths begins.
The court heard after several hours of drinking, Ms Locke, Mr Davey, Mr Christensen and a group of his friends were joyriding quad bikes on the beach.
Ms Locke fell off one of the bikes, dislocated her shoulder and went to seek help because she said no one took her injury seriously.
She ran off and knocked on Mr Webber’s door pleading for assistance at 11.30pm
Ms Locke said the group of men tried to break into the home around 12.30am, while they yelled at Ms Locke and Mr Webber not to call the cops.
Mr Webber called police but was told there was only one officer at the Ayr station, about 20 minutes away and couldn’t come immediately due to people in custody.
Instead, Mr Webber turned off all the lights and shut the curtains.
Ten minutes later, the men allegedly ripped Mr Webber’s screen door and stormed inside his home.
In the ensuring melee Mr Davy and Mr Christensen were stabbed and stumbled outside before bleeding to death in the gutter.
Mr Webber’s lawyer, Harvey Walters, also submitted an application stating he had been diagnosed with ‘moderate to severe’ post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the coronal investigation.
October 14, 2020: Inquest continues and harrowing audio of Mr Webber’s three desperate Triple-Zero calls is released.
Mr Webber first placed a call to Queensland Ambulance Service at 12.24am and Ms Locke could be heard sobbing in the background, telling the operator she was pushed from a buggy and ran to the home for help.
Distress was evident in Mr Webber’s voice as he revealed the men had arrived on his property and were trying to break in.
Mr Webb then placed a call to Queensland Police explaining the men were trying to break into his home and that he was housing a distressed woman he didn’t know.
At 12.57am, Mr Webber made his chilling final emergency call saying he had ‘just killed a bloke’ and there was ‘blood everywhere’.
The court also heard about a walk-through Detective Sergeant Gavin Neal did of the Topton St home with both Mr Webber and Mr Bengoa, one of the men from the group, after the stabbings.
Mr Webber told the detective he was ‘fearful for his life’.
October 15, 2020:
Dean Webber’s doctor, Michael Likely, said Mr Webber had formed PTSD because of the coronial investigation.
Deputy State Coroner Jane Bentley ruled Mr Webber would not have to take the stand and instead give evidence in writing.
Mr Webber must provide a written response to questions given to him by the parties within 72 hours.
Emotional pictured and videos were released of Mr Webber doing a walk-through of the crime scene with Ayr CIB Detective Sergeant Gavin Neal.
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