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Witness in Queensland Toolbox Murders Admits Lying During Trial

Lelan Harrington faces cross-examination over discrepancies in his testimony about the 2016 killing of Cory Breton alongside Iuliana Triscaru

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Overview

  • Harrington admitted under cross-examination that he provided false statements to police about key events in the interrogation before the disposal of the victims.
  • He told jurors that Trent Thrupp confessed to shooting the victims inside a toolbox after they begged for their lives.
  • Harrington described how the defendants forced the pair into a two-metre toolbox secured with duct tape, cable ties, tyres, concrete followed by drilled holes in its base to guarantee sinking.
  • Prosecution alleges the defendants believed Cory Breton was informing police about their drug operations, prompting the violent interrogation at a Kingston residential unit.
  • The bodies were discovered at the bottom of Scrubby Creek two weeks after the killings; forensic experts suspect drowning was the cause of death.