Fentanyl Killer Faces Life in Jail as UK Bans 15 More Synthetic Opioids
Published on March 20, 2024
An IT expert who poisoned a couple with fentanyl and forged their will in an attempt to take over their lucrative shower mat business has become the first person in Britain convicted of using the highly addictive drug to carry out a murder. On Wednesday a jury at Chelmsford Crown Court found Luke D’Wit, 34, guilty of the murder of Stephen Baxter, 61, and his wife Carol, 64, who were found dead at their home in West Mersea, Essex in April 2023, having ingested fentanyl, which is 100 times stronger than morphine. D’Wit faces a mandatory life sentence when he is sentenced on Friday....