Pair found guilty of fake drug deal murder

Two men who set up a fake drug deal to lure a cashed-up buyer to a remote place so they could kill him and his nephew and steal their money have been found guilty of their murders.

A Supreme Court jury on Friday found Trevor Harry Griffiths, 32, and Garry Allen Playford 38, guilty of the murders of Paul Black and his nephew, Adam Smith, after they successfully carried out the kill plot in New Beith, south of Brisbane, in January 2009.

Playford was also found guilty of unlawfully wounding a third man, Richard Brunelle, whom he shot in the leg during the incident.

The court had earlier heard Griffiths and Playford pretended to have 80 pounds (36.3kg) of cannabis, which they arranged to sell to Mr Black for $200,000.

They later agreed to sell half of it for $100,000 on the first occasion, and the rest on a subsequent day.

When Mr Black and Mr Smith arrived, Playford pulled out a sawn-off rifle that had been converted into a pistol and shot Mr Black once in the head and Mr Smith twice.

The court heard it was likely both men, who had bullets lodged in their brains, died immediately.

Both men will be sentenced on Monday.

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