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Triple-murderer Darryl Young previously jailed for cattle theft

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Darryl Valroy Young was found guilty of murdering three neighbours and attempting to murder another at a north Queensland cattle property in August 2022.
  • Prosecutors said a dispute over missing calves escalated before the victims travelled to Young's property for a meeting.
  • The victims were shot near the gate of Shannonvale Station, while Ross Tighe survived and raised the alarm.

Darryl Valroy Young had previously been jailed for cattle theft before he was convicted of killing three neighbours at his north Queensland property.

The victims, Mervyn and Maree Schwarz and Maree's son Graham Tighe, were found near the gates of Shannonvale Station at Bogie. Each had been shot in the head with a .30-30 calibre rifle. Graham's brother, Ross Tighe, was also shot but survived and raised the alarm.

He was angry.

· Shane DendleDendle described Young's tone during a phone call about accusations that neighbours had taken his calves.

The remote property sits beyond a corrugated dirt road, cattle grids and a creek crossing. Three padlocks and a no-trespassing sign guard the entrance, alongside a legal notice associated with the sovereign citizen movement and cameras attached to the fence.

I'm sick of all this.

· Darryl YoungCaitlin Jordan recalled Young demanding that the neighbours meet him at the Shannonvale boundary.

The Supreme Court in Townsville found Young guilty of three murders and one attempted murder. During the trial, the jury heard that his anger grew over missing cattle. Witnesses recalled Young accusing the neighbours of stealing his calves and demanding that Graham, Ross, Mervyn and Maree meet him at the Shannonvale boundary at 8 a.m.

The family travelled to the gate the next morning during a cattle muster. The crime scene lay near the boundary between the Schwarz and Tighe properties and Young's station, about a 20-minute drive from the victims' homes.

No you will meet me at the border of Shannonvale at the front.

· Darryl YoungJordan said Young specified where the meeting should take place.
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