Man poisoned Essex couple with fentanyl before rewriting their will, court told

Stephen and Carol Baxter ran a successful business called Cazsplash, which created shower mats for curved showers. Photograph: Facebook

A man poisoned a married couple with the opioid painkiller fentanyl and rewrote their will the day after they died, a court has heard.

Luke D’Wit, 34, worked for and had befriended Stephen and Carol Baxter, saying in a statement to police that he was “like an adopted son to both of them”, Tracy Ayling KC, prosecuting, said on Wednesday.