Overview

• Trent Thrupp, Stou Daniels and Davy Taiao were found guilty for a second time of murdering Cory Breton and Iuliana Triscaru in January 2016.
• Breton and Triscaru were beaten, stabbed and choked before being locked inside a two-metre metal toolbox and dumped in Scrubby Creek, where they died.
• The Court of Appeal set aside the trio’s original convictions in July 2024, leading to a new jury trial that returned guilty verdicts on June 20.
• Victim impact statements during Thursday’s sentencing hearing detailed the families’ ongoing trauma and the anguish of reliving every brutal moment.
• Queensland law mandates a minimum 30-year non-parole period for multiple murders, with the defendants credited for over nine years already spent in custody.