Breaking: Grazier guilty of murdering neighbours at farm gate, jury finds
North Queensland grazier Darryl Valroy Young has been found guilty of a triple murder at Bogie in 2022.
Darryl Valroy Young has been found guilty of murdering three neighbours at his cattle station in north Queensland in 2022. The 63-year-old pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder during a three-week trial in Townsville that heard evidence and closing arguments over two days. Mervyn and Maree Schwarz, along with Maree's son Graham Tighe, were found dead at the gate of Young's Shannonvale Station on August 4, 2022.
Ross Tighe, Graham's brother, was also shot but managed to flee the scene and raise the alarm. Prosecutors alleged that Young believed the family was stealing his cattle and demanded a meeting before the shooting. The jury deliberated for 15 hours over three days before unanimously finding Young guilty of three counts of murder.
However, they were unable to reach a verdict on the attempted murder charge. Justice Christopher Johnstone will now provide further instructions to the jurors on deliberating the attempted murder charge.
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