Fentanyl killer who poisoned married couple in bid to steal their shower mat company jailed [Video]

An IT worker and double murderer who befriended a married couple before poisoning them with fentanyl has been jailed for life.

Luke D’Wit, 34, created a number of online personas to manipulate Stephen and Carol Baxter, and later changed their will to make him a director of their shower mat company.

Mrs Baxter, 64, and her 61-year-old husband were found dead in their armchairs at their home in West Mersea in Essex by their daughter Ellie on Easter Sunday last year.

In a 999 call, D’Wit could be heard calmly taking over the call and describing himself as a “friend” to the family before giving a false account.

Despite initially being treated as a witness, toxicology reports showed fentanyl in the couple’s system, with D’Wit proven to be the last person to …