{"id":879620,"date":"2026-09-04T11:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/879620\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T11:04:22","slug":"jury-finds-bogie-grazier-darryl-young-guilty-of-triple-murder-attempted-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/879620\/","title":{"rendered":"Jury finds Bogie grazier Darryl Young guilty of triple murder, attempted murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Darryl Valroy Young, 63, has been found guilty of a triple murder and an attempted murder at the gate of his north Queensland cattle station.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Married couple Mervyn and Maree Schwarz and her son Graham Tighe were found shot dead at the gate to Young&#8217;s Shannonvale Station at Bogie on August 4, 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A composite image of a middle aged couple to the left and a younger man in a large hat and sunglasses to the right.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5cf9ea3c9be2f7cac67b11ce9dc4d500.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Maree and Mervyn Schwarz (left) and Graham Tighe were found dead at the gate of the Bogie cattle station in 2022. (Supplied\/ABC News)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Prosecutors told the trial that Ross Tighe \u2013 Graham Tighe&#8217;s brother \u2013 was also shot in the incident but fled in a vehicle and raised the alarm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The trial heard that Young believed the family, who were his neighbours, were stealing his cattle and he demanded a meeting at the time and place of the shooting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Young had pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict on three counts of murder this afternoon after deliberating for 15 hours over three days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Jurors were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on one count of attempted murder and later returned a majority guilty verdict with 11 jurors having reached a consensus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A sketch image of a middle aged man in a blue shirt and black jacket in a wooden seat.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4f9b1cc825582319bdbf0d935020b5db.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Young had argued that he was never at the scene of the murders.\u00a0 (ABC News: Carole Howlett)<\/p>\n<p>Families speak<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">As the guilty verdicts were read, Young looked forward towards Justice Johnstone and did not show any signs of emotion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Justice Christopher Johnstone asked Young if he had any reason that a sentence should not be imposed against him, to which Young replied: &#8220;No.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Dozens of family and friends of the Schwarz and Tighe families were in the upper gallery of the Supreme Court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A large group of people outside of a court house standing around a microphone.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1d13ea57b8ca4b95595f756bd11707b2.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The Schwarz and Tighe family and friends addressed the media after the guilty verdicts were delivered. (ABC News: Chloe Chomicki)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">As the verdict was handed down they breathed sighs of relief and embraced tearfully.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The gallery applauded jurors as they left the courtroom after delivering the majority guilty verdict for the attempted murder charge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A young man wearing a blue shirt with a goatee and cap. \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/83324af4e1ba533041073cede4622b2b.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Guy Schwarz, Mervyn Schwarz&#8217;s eldest son, spoke on behalf of the victim&#8217;s families. (ABC News: Chloe Chomicki)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A statement on behalf of both the Schwarz and Tighe families was read by Mervyn Schwarz&#8217;s eldest son Guy Schwarz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We are grateful to the jury for their guilty verdict, but no verdict or sentence can give us back Merv, Maree and Graham, or what Ross had to survive that day,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A group of people gathering and hugging. \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0567f6687fa40b74128188f7b76d66f4.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Family of Mervyn and Maree Schwarz and Graham and Ross Tighe embrace outside court. (ABC News: Chloe Chomicki)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Darryl Young took three people we loved and very nearly took a fourth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He robbed two young children of their father and a whole family of people we loved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Dozens of family and friends attended the entirety of the nearly four-week Supreme Court trial in Townsville.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man in a cap walking away.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/54b184c0eeb79390b98a4ea99237f13d.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Derek Young briefly spoke to media after his father was found guilty of triple murder and attempted murder. (ABC News: Chloe Chomicki)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Young&#8217;s son, Derek Young, told reporters as he left the courthouse that he believed his father was innocent and that the murderer was &#8220;still out there&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The trial<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The trial heard from more than 30 witnesses including Ross Tighe and Darryl Young.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Crown prosecutors said that rifle cartridges found in Young\u2019s bedroom matched those at the scene of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A sketch of a man in the dock\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6ea8d765360c9e601ec7f3a3977790c2.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The trial heard three weeks of evidence and two days of closing addresses from counsel.\u00a0 (ABC News: Carole Howlett)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">During the trial the crown called two witnesses who said they overheard Graham Tighe on the phone to Young the evening before the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">They said Young demanded a meeting with the family on August 4, 2022, in the same location they were found dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Young told the trial the rifle cartridges were not his and that he never requested such a meeting with the family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Darryl Valroy Young, 63, has been found guilty of a triple murder and an attempted murder at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":879621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[421272,421273,102586,43,55313,44,701,449185,4905,1049,449186,41,39,42,40,1109,320525,1107],"class_list":["post-879620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-bogie","tag-darryl-valroy-young","tag-deliver","tag-headlines","tag-jury","tag-news","tag-queensland","tag-schwarz","tag-shooting","tag-supreme-court","tag-tighe","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-trial","tag-triple-murder","tag-verdict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=879620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/879621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=879620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=879620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=879620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}