Bodycam footage shows cops storm home of the Alva Beach stabber

Never-before-seen police bodycam footage has shed light on the notorious Alva Beach stabbings where two men were knifed in the heart by a frightened teenager.

In the chaotic video, cops are seen storming Dean Webber’s suburban home in tropical north Queensland on the night of the 2018 NRL Grand Final, moments after he stabbed two men. 

What happened before the pair were knifed to death has been shrouded in mystery, with no charges ever laid and the teenager’s actions deemed self defence. 

Diesel fitter Webber, then 19, stabbed Tom Davy, 27, and his friend Corey Christensen, 37, after they tried to enter his home looking for Candice Locke – Mr Davy’s girlfriend – who had fled after a drunken quadbike incident.

The bizarre case, which played out in the sleepy oceanside hamlet south of Townsville, has continued to divide opinion across Australia, raising tough questions about what lengths a person can got to to protect themselves in their own home.

In the new footage, the men’s bloodied bodies are seen sprawled out on Webber’s front lawn. 

Candace Locke (pictured) took refuge at Mr Webber’s house on September 30, 2018. The group of men then allegedly broke into the property

The teenager is then seen laid on the floor with blood on his arms as police enter the house, before consoling a hysterical Ms Locke who was cowering on the kitchen floor.

Police shout ‘hands above your head’ as they approach the teenager, ordering himt o stay on the ground.

The two deceased men had been looking for Mr Davy’s injured girlfriend Candice Locke – who went to Mr Webber’s home seeking help after dislocating her shoulder in a quad bike accident.

The Queensland Supreme Court in March upheld Deputy State Coroner Jane Bentley’s ruling last year that Mr Webber would only have to give evidence in writing due to the trauma he had suffered.

Mr Davy’s mother hit out at the ruling and said Mr Webber’s mental state should not excuse him from fully answering for his actions that night.

The original decision came after the inquest heard he had experienced PTSD from the stabbing and therefore shouldn’t have to testify in person.

Tom Davy (pictured) was stabbed to death in in Alva Beach, north Queensland, on October 1, 2018

Corey Christensen (pictured), 37, was also stabbed to death in in Alva Beach that night

Mr Webber stabbed Tom Davy (left), 27, and friend Corey Christensen (right), 37, after they tried to come into his house in Alva Beach, north Queensland, on October 1, 2018

Mr Davy, who worked as an aircraft engineer, was on holiday with his girlfriend Ms Locke when the two first met Mr Christensen relaxing on the sand.

They and were invited to watch the Grand Final at a beach party – an event which had become somewhat of a tradition in the town.

As the wild, boozy night went on, Mr Davy went to sleep after the couple had a row. 

Ms Locke decided to stay up and went on a buggy ride with another man – Louis Bengoa – a local sugarcane farmer.

Both were intoxicated on the late-night joy ride and Ms Locke fell out of the vehicle.

She ran for help to the nearest home and Mr Bengoa went back to find Mr Davy and Mr Christensen.

A shocked Mr Webber answered the door to find the distressed stranger and called Triple 0 before the three other men eventually came to the home and began knocking on the door and trying to force their way inside through side windows and screen doors. 

Pictured: Corey Christensen

Pictured: Tom Davy

Mr Davy (right) who worked as an aircraft engineer, was on holiday with his girlfriend Ms Locke when the two first met Mr Christensen (left) on the sand and were invited to watch the Grand Final at a beach party

The teenager had never seen Ms Locke or any of the three men before that night. 

Investigators believe that everyone involved was just ‘trying to save’ Ms Locke and thought she was in danger.

The terrified young man called emergency services three times in total, before police eventually arrived to find a blood-soaked scene with two dead bodies almost an hour after the first call.

Dean Webber, 19, (pictured) stabbed two men who broke into his home on September 30, 2018

Dean Webber, 19, (pictured) stabbed two men who broke into his home on September 30, 2018

Mr Webber maintains that he was defending himself.

‘I’ve never been in a fight in my life and there are three burly blokes trying to break in. I was just trying to protect myself and Candice,’ he said in a police interview. 

Mr Webber claims, the three men were shouting threats from outside the home and warned him against calling authorities.

When the men made it through the door, Mr Webber said he was ‘thrown on his head’ before getting back up and stabbing both Mr Davy and Mr Christensen in the heart. 

Their bodies would later been found on the front lawn outside the home. 

Police bodycam footage shows officers entering the home to find a shaken Mr Webber face-down on the ground of his home with Ms Locke laying in the kitchen.

Mr Webber claims all three men entered the home after breaking in, but a coronial inquest only found Mr Davy’s DNA inside the home.

Despite the lack of answers, a landmark legal ruling means Mr Webber will not have to take the stand and give evidence on the grounds his is severely traumatised and suffering PTSD from the ordeal.

Mr Davy has hit out the decision not to force Mr Webber to take the stand (pictured: Mr Christensen's wife)

Mr Davy has hit out the decision not to force Mr Webber to take the stand (pictured: Mr Christensen’s wife)

Mr Davy’s mother hit out at the ruling and said Mr Webber’s mental state should not excuse him from fully answering for his actions that night.   

‘We feel that the person who has taken those two lives should be questioned to explain,’ Heather Davy told The Courier-Mail. 

The family of the two men killed had challenged the move not to force Mr Webber to testify, but their hopes of dismissing a judicial review were ended in March by Acting Supreme Court Justice Anthony Rafter. 

Lawyer Rebecca Fogerty, who represents Mr Davy’s family, had said they wanted the cross-examination process to be as easy as possible for Mr Webber.

‘It’s an important consideration that if the witness is required to give evidence in person, that he does not have to go through that process anymore than he absolutely needs to,’ Ms Fogerty said, according to the Cairns Post. 

‘This is of course a tragic situation for everybody involved and we are very conscious of the fact that for Mr Webber the process of giving evidence will be a very distressing one.’

A coronial inquest was launched into the deaths of Tom Davy, 27, and Corey Christensen, 37. Mr Webber (pictured) was excused from giving evidence in person because of his PTSD

A coronial inquest was launched into the deaths of Tom Davy, 27, and Corey Christensen, 37. Mr Webber (pictured) was excused from giving evidence in person because of his PTSD

TIMELINE OF EVENTS IN THE ALVA BEACH STABBINGS

June 2018: Candice Locke, 29 and Tom Davy, 27, meet via a dating app. Ms Locke was living in Ayr, about 90 minutes south of Townsville, and he in Cairns. 

September 30, 2018: They met up with each other in Alva Beach, north of Queensland, for the NRL Grand Final long weekend. 

The pair went for a fishing trip on a beach where they met local father-of-three Corey Christensen, 37. 

Later in the evening Ms Locke hurt her shoulder and sought refuge from the group of men she was with in 19-year-old Dean Webber’s Topton Street home.

Mr Davy, Mr Christensen and a third man arrived at the home and allegedly tried to break in.  

The men allegedly ripped through Mr Webber’s screen door and stormed inside his home.  

Mr Webber ‘blindly thrust a kitchen knife in the dark’ to defend himself, hitting one man in the chest and the other through the armpit. 

Mr Webber was arrested when police arrived too late to save either man but was released without charge as detectives decided he acted in self-defence. 

October 13, 2020: The inquest into the two men’s deaths begins.   

The court heard after several hours of drinking, Ms Locke, Mr Davey, Mr Christensen and a group of his friends were joyriding quad bikes on the beach. 

Ms Locke fell off one of the bikes, dislocated her shoulder and went to seek help because she said no one took her injury seriously. 

She ran off and knocked on Mr Webber’s door pleading for assistance at 11.30pm   

Ms Locke said the group of men tried to break into the home around 12.30am, while they yelled at Ms Locke and Mr Webber not to call the cops. 

Mr Webber called police but was told there was only one officer at the Ayr station, about 20 minutes away and couldn’t come immediately due to people in custody.

Instead, Mr Webber turned off all the lights and shut the curtains. 

Ten minutes later, the men allegedly ripped Mr Webber’s screen door and stormed inside his home.   

In the ensuring melee Mr Davy and Mr Christensen were stabbed and stumbled outside before bleeding to death in the gutter. 

Mr Webber’s lawyer, Harvey Walters, also submitted an application stating he had been diagnosed with ‘moderate to severe’ post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the coronal investigation. 

October 14, 2020: Inquest continues and harrowing audio of Mr Webber’s three desperate Triple-Zero calls is released.   

Mr Webber first placed a call to Queensland Ambulance Service at 12.24am and Ms Locke could be heard sobbing in the background, telling the operator she was pushed from a buggy and ran to the home for help.  

Distress was evident in Mr Webber’s voice as he revealed the men had arrived on his property and were trying to break in. 

Mr Webb then placed a call to Queensland Police explaining the men were trying to break into his home and that he was housing a distressed woman he didn’t know. 

At 12.57am, Mr Webber made his chilling final emergency call saying he had ‘just killed a bloke’ and there was ‘blood everywhere’.

The court also heard about a walk-through Detective Sergeant Gavin Neal did of the Topton St home with both Mr Webber and Mr Bengoa, one of the men from the group, after the stabbings.

Mr Webber told the detective he was ‘fearful for his life’. 

October 15, 2020: 

Dean Webber’s doctor, Michael Likely, said Mr Webber had formed PTSD because of the coronial investigation. 

Deputy State Coroner Jane Bentley ruled Mr Webber would not have to take the stand and instead give evidence in writing.

Mr Webber must provide a written response to questions given to him by the parties within 72 hours. 

Emotional pictured and videos were released of Mr Webber doing a walk-through of the crime scene with Ayr CIB Detective Sergeant Gavin Neal.

 

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