Luke D’Wit, 34, has been found guilty at Chelmsford Crown Court of the murders of married couple Stephen and Carol Baxter who were poisoned with fentanyl (Picture: PA)

An IT worker has been found guilty of murdering a married couple by poisoning them with fentanyl before rewriting their will to give him control of their business.

Luke D’Wit, 34, was convicted on Wednesday at Chelmsford Crown Court.

His victims Stephen Baxter, 61, and 64-year-old wife Carol were found dead at their home in West Mersea, Essex, by their daughter Ellie on Easter Sunday last year.

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