Men accused of toolbox double murder plead not guilty
Three men have denied murdering a man and a woman who were allegedly locked inside a two-metre toolbox and dumped into a dam south of Brisbane in 2016.
Three men accused of murdering two people, who allegedly died in a toolbox dumped into a lagoon, have pleaded not guilty.
Stou Daniels, Davy Malu Junior Taiao, and Trent Michael Thrupp are charged with murdering Cory Breton, 28, and Iuliana Triscaru, 31, at Kingston in Logan, south of Brisbane, on January 24, 2016.
All three men pleaded not guilty to two murder charges at the start of their trial in the Queensland Supreme Court on Monday.
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Police divers found the bodies of Mr Breton and Ms Triscaru in the box at the bottom of the lagoon weeks after it was allegedly thrown into the water while weighed down by concrete blocks and tyres.
The bodies were so decomposed doctors could only conclude the pair died either from asphyxiation before being put into the water, or from drowning in the water.
The jury trial is scheduled to run for three weeks before Justice Glenn Martin.
