Four men are found guilty over the horror deaths of a man and woman who were tortured for hours, shoved into a toolbox at knife point and thrown into a dam to drown
- Cory Breton and Iuliana Triscaru’s decomposing bodies were found in a box
- The pair were lured to an apartment complex and brutally tortured and beaten
- They were bound and forced into the toolbox at knife point before it was dumped
- On Thursday a jury deliberated for just two hours before finding three men guilty
- Stou Daniels, Trent Michael Thrupp, Davy Malu Junior Taiao were found guilty
Four men have been found guilty of killing a Brisbane pair who were submerged in a river while trapped inside a toolbox.
Cory Breton and Iuliana Triscaru’s decomposing bodies were found in a large metal box at Scrubby Creek, south of Brisbane, on February 11, 2016.
Mr Breton and Ms Triscaru were lured to a Kingston apartment complex on January 24, brutally tortured and beaten for hours.
Cory Breton’s (left) and Iuliana Triscaru’s (right) decomposing bodies were found in a large metal box at Scrubby Creek, south of Brisbane, on February 11, 2016
Their decomposing bodies were discovered 18 days later when police dredged the large metal box (pictured) from the bottom of Scrubby Creek dam
Outside Brisbane Supreme Court on Thursday, Mr Breton’s widow Miranda Parkinson told reporters she can begin her grieving process now that the trial is over
They were bound and forced into the toolbox at knife point before it was dumped in the waterway alongside the Logan Motorway.
Their decomposing bodies were discovered 18 days later when police dredged the large metal box from the bottom of Scrubby Creek dam.
A pathologist earlier ruled the pair died from either asphyxiation or drowning.
During the trial star witness Lelan Harrington, a friend of Mr Breton, told the jury he saw the pair being attacked with a knife and pole.
On Thursday, a jury deliberated for just two hours before finding Stou Daniels, Trent Michael Thrupp, Davy Malu Junior Taiao and guilty of two counts of murder each.
A fourth man, Waylon Ngaketo Cowan Walker, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter, news.com.au reported.
The four men had each pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder. Daniels, Taiao and Thrupp also pleaded not guilty to two counts of torture.
Sobs and cries came from the packed public gallery as guilty verdicts were handed down.
Victoria Duga (2nd from left), mother of victim Iuliana Triscaru, Detective Inspector Damien Hansen (centre) and Miranda Parkinson (right), partner of murder victim Cory Breton are seen with with family members outside the Brisbane Supreme Court
They were bound and forced into the toolbox at knife point before it was dumped in the waterway alongside the Logan Motorway
Outside Brisbane Supreme Court on Thursday, Mr Breton’s widow Miranda Parkinson told reporters she can begin her grieving process now that the trial is over.
‘Now we have some sort of closure (and) we can actually mourn in our own way,’ Ms Parkinson said.
‘We would like to thank everyone, the public prosecutors, the detectives and everyone for their help in getting this outcome. Now we can finally start to move on.’
All four men will be sentenced next week.
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