The haunting last moments of Lizard Man, who murdered his ex-girlfriend before killing himself, have been revealed by his best friend.
Bronson Ellery, 24, whose face and body was plastered with tattoos, murdered his ex-girlfriend Shelsea Schilling, 20, at his Gold Coast apartment on November 11, 2016.
After the murder, Ellery’s friend Michael Ryan Warburton arrived at the Southport apartment to find the bloody scene.
Bronson Ellery, 24, whose face and body was plastered with tattoos, murdered his ex-girlfriend Shelsea Schilling, 20, at his Gold Coast apartment on November 11, 2016
Warburton revealed in court this week he arrived to find Ellery’s ex-girlfriend, Ms Schilling, lying dead in a pool of her own blood.
Warburton said he held his best friend for about an hour before watching him take a lethal dose of drugs to commit suicide.
Warburton said Ellery told him ‘I promised her I would go with her’ before he committed suicide.
Warburton revealed in court this week he arrived to find Ellery’s ex-girlfriend, Ms Schilling, lying dead in a pool of her own blood (Ms Schilling with Ellery)
Warburton said he held his best friend, Ellery (left and right), for about an hour before watching him take a lethal dose of drugs to commit suicide
Defence barrister James McNab told the court Warburton was defenceless to do anything, the Courier Mail reported.
‘Mr Ellery was inconsolable,’ he said.
‘There was nothing whatsoever Mr Warburton could have done. This has haunted him.’
Warburton was sentenced to two years jail, wholly suspended, on Monday after he pleaded guilty to giving a false name to the police and possessing drugs.
Warburton gave the police his brother’s name when he was arrested weeks after he watched Ellery commit suicide after murdering his young girlfriend.
Ms Schilling (left) was murdered by her ex-boyfriend Bronson Ellery (right) at his Gold Coast apartment in 2016