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IT worker found guilty of murdering married couple with fentanyl

Source: PA Media

An IT worker has been found guilty of the murder of a married couple who he poisoned with fentanyl before changing their will to make him a director of their shower mat company.

Luke D’Wit, 34, who befriended and worked for Stephen and Carol Baxter, created a series of fake online personas to manipulate them before he killed them.

These included a doctor from and members of a fake support group for the thyroid condition Hashimoto’s, which Mrs Baxter suffered from.

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