Luke D'Wit faked a will in the name of Stephen and Carol Baxter so that he could inherit their shower mat business.
An IT worker who befriended a couple before poisoning them with the painkiller fentanyl has been found guilty of their murders.
Speaking outside court after the guilty verdict, Detective Superintendent Rob Kirby, of the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate, said that D’Wit was “without doubt one of the most dangerous men I’ve ever experienced in my policing career”. The court heard over the course of the almost six-week trial that D'Wit poisoned the couple by lacing their medication with the opioid painkiller fentanyl.Having met Mr and Mrs Baxter in 2014, he gradually became more involved in family life and helped Mrs Baxter manage her thyroid condition, Hashimoto's disease.- a tactic he used to trick the couple into believing that they were talking to theatre producer who could help their daughter with a career as a vocalist.
The Baxter's daughter Ellie said in evidence that her parents believed D’Wit was “weird, but nerdy weird”, and eventually came round their house "every day" after gaining their trust.Ellie wept as the guilty verdicts were returned, but D'Wit, who used a wheelchair throughout the trial, did not appear to react in the secure dock of the court.
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