A British IT worker who poisoned a married couple with the strong opioid fentanyl has been sentenced to a minimum of 37 years in prison for murder. Friday's sentencing of Luke D’Wit, 34, came two days after he was found guilty of murder in the deaths of of Stephen and Carol Baxter, 61 and 64, last April at their home east of London.
Ellie and Harry Baxter, the son and daughter of Stephen, 61, and Carol, 64, Baxter, stand outside Chelmsford Crown Court, in Chelmsford, England, Friday March 22, 2024 as a statement is read by the police after the sentencing of Luke D’Wit. D’Wit, a British IT worker who befriended and worked for Stephen and Carol Baxter, poisoned them with fentanyl and monitored their death with his cell phone was sentenced Friday to a minimum 37 years in prison.
During the six-week trial at Chelmsford Crown Court, jurors also heard that D’Wit had created a fake will on his phone to make him a director of their shower mat company, a day after he killed them. He even monitored them remotely as they died from his deadly concoction. Describing D’Wit’s actions as “cruel and senseless,” Justice Nicholas Lavender handed down a life sentence, with D’Wit not eligible for parole for at least 37 years.Tennessee nurse practitioner known as ‘Rock Doc’ gets 20 years for illegally prescribing opioidsHe said he was sure that D’Wit extracted the fentanyl that killed the couple from patches which had been originally prescribed for his father, who died in 2021.
D’Wit, who sat in a wheelchair in the secure dock, appeared to show no reaction as his sentence was read out.She told the court that D’Wit had “lied his way into our lives” over a decade.
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