murderer Darryl Young accused victims of theft, but had been jailed for cattle duffing
Darryl Valroy Young has been found guilty of murdering three neighbors and attempting to kill a fourth at a property in Queensland, Australia. The trial revealed that the violence stemmed from a long-standing dispute over missing cattle.
Why it matters
This case highlights the extreme consequences of rural property disputes and the intersection of sovereign citizen ideology with violent crime.
The entrance to Shannonvale Station. ( ABC Tropical North: Danielle Jesser )
Link copied Share Share article This is where convicted murderer Darryl Valroy Young shot dead his three new neighbours and almost killed another on an August morning in 2022.
The entrance to Shannonvale Station, at Bogie in north Queensland, is at the end of a corrugated dirt road through eucalypt and hardwood timber forest.
Passing over cattle grids and through a steep dip into a creek bed, there's a climb up a hill to the property entrance.
Three padlocks on a thick chain keep unwanted visitors out and a large "no trespassing" sign warns that admittance is by invitation only.
The text on the "legal notice" sign is a template from the sovereign citizen movement proclaiming an "exclusion notice" applies to council officers, police, sheriffs and bailiffs with a minimum financial penalty of $10,000.
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