Inquest reveals how Gareth Train went from ‘keyboard warrior’ to killer, and radicalised his wife and brother
Nathaniel Train , and Stacey and Gareth Train, shot and killed two police officers and a neighbour at their property at 251 Wains Road, Wieambilla.Nathaniel Train , and Stacey and Gareth Train, shot and killed two police officers and a neighbour at their property at 251 Wains Road, Wieambilla.coroner’s court heard this week. One witness described him as a “keyboard warrior”; he believed in baseless conspiracy theories so strongly they took over his life, the inquest heard.
“I believe that he had developed a paranoid personality disorder, and there were also some narcissistic traits.”Nathaniel Train reported missing to NSW police. There is also a warrant out for his arrest on firearms charges. This is referred to Queensland police.Const McCrow, who had been wounded by rifle fire, is shot dead at close range by Gareth Train. She pleads for her life.Civilian Alan Dare killed by a gunshot to the torso from an unknown Train after going to the property to fight a fire.
He tried sovereign citizen ideas and contacted an anti-vaccine political party, but found them too boring and was again rejected.Each week our editors select five of the most interesting, entertaining and thoughtful reads published by Guardian Australia and our international colleagues. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Saturday morning“He starts to feel like that connection that he’s been looking for, all those boxes are ticked.
The court heard Gareth repeatedly emphasised the importance of a poem from a film to Nathaniel, which concludes: “Live and die on this day, live and die on this day.”After a heart attack later that year, Nathaniel quit his job over vaccines and joined Stacey and Gareth at Wieambilla.By this point the trio believed that any law enforcement crossing their front gate signalled the start of a war between good and evil, the court heard.
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