<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two men accused of murdering two people by </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-court-hears-toolbox-murder-accused-planned-only-nonfatal-boot-ride-punishment-common-among-drug-dealers/a9244a08-3b25-42ae-bc52-fe69ef9a85ec" rel="" target="" title="drowning them in a toolbox"><span>drowning them in a toolbox</span></a><span> have blamed each other, an acquaintance or a witness for the killings at their trial's end.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Stou Daniels, Davy Malu Junior Taiao and Trent Michael Thrupp are charged with murdering </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-men-accused-of-toolbox-double-murder-plead-not-guilty/592a0312-6fb8-4c43-8ef3-773f0beb28c9" rel="" target="" title="Cory Breton, 28, and Iuliana Triscaru, 31,"><span>Cory Breton, 28, and Iuliana Triscaru, 31,</span></a><span> at Kingston in Logan, south of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/brisbane" rel="" target="" title="Brisbane"><span>Brisbane</span></a><span>, on January 24, 2016.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The bodies of Breton and Triscaru were found in the toolbox at the bottom of Scrubby Creek two weeks after they were allegedly murdered.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/israel-iran-conflict-iran-claims-more-than-200-dead-since-friday/9e1adb88-d06f-4ddc-a672-a94efcebdfae" target="_blank"><strong><span>Israel strikes surface-to-surface missile sites in central Iran</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The defendants' barristers began giving their closing addresses to the jury today after a two-week trial in Queensland's Supreme Court.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Taiao's defence barrister Lars Falcongreen told the jury it could not convict his client of murder on the basis of any claim he was at the death scene because that was not alleged by the prosecution.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It is possible (Thrupp's defence barrister) might attempt to throw my client under the bus. She may ask you to accept that Taiao ... was at the lagoon and was responsible for sinking the toolbox," Falcongreen said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-court-hears-toolbox-murder-accused-blame-star-witness-each-other/24764688-98c8-4527-b9b2-dc8cbb734e60" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/cold-front-lower-temperatures-strong-wind-gusts-south-east-australia/97d1e13b-cac7-4a80-9a8b-5b8ddbf7000d" target="_blank"><strong><span>Millions to shiver through multi-day blast of polar winds</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He told the jury witness Lelan Harrington testified he heard another man tell Taiao "I f---ed up and put them in Scrubby Creek", suggesting his client had no prior knowledge of the killings.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"(The other man) considered that killing them was 'f---ng up'," Falcongreen said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is from the star prosecution witness, upon whom the case rises and falls."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bali-news-hunt-continues-for-gunmen-who-killed-australian-zivan-radmanovic-and-injured-sanar-ghanim/de2eb951-4297-4704-a460-a97da936e390" target="_blank"><strong><span>Race against time to find gunmen who shot Aussies in Bali</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Crown prosecutor Nathan Crane previously told the jury he would allege Daniels and Taiao were liable for murder by forcing the alleged victims into the toolbox at the unit at Kingston in the hours before their death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Falcongreen said the pair were "treated abysmally" at the apartment but only in a plan to scare them as part of a drug dispute.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He told the jury the prosecution had spoken extensively about how Thrupp either threw the toolbox into nearby Scrubby Creek or was present when it happened.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>All three defendants pleaded not guilty to two murder charges at the start of their trial earlier in June.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Thrupp's defence barrister Jessica Goldie told the jury Harrington could have been a passenger in a Toyota HiLux utility moving the toolbox containing Mr Breton and Ms Triscaru to Scrubby Creek.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The prosecution have said to you that (Mr Harrington's) hands are clean. You might find they are filthy," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He crafted a version of events with a goal of protecting himself. He has not served a single day in jail."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Goldie said Harrington's claim Thrupp confessed to him he shot Breton and Triscaru in the head before placing them in the toolbox to sink was a "complete fabrication" and was contradicted by forensic evidence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The jury previously heard Harrington deny he was involved in the murders.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Goldie said phone records suggested Taiao could also have been at Scrubby Creek.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Daniels' defence barrister, John Fraser, is due to give his closing address tomorrow.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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