Gardener charged with murder after alleged attack on elderly Brisbane couple | Queensland

Homicide detectives have charged a man with murder after a man was found dead and a woman suffered serious head injuries at a home north of Brisbane.

Det Insp David Harbison said it was not a domestic violence-related incident and the 26-year-old man was not previously known to the victims.

“We believe he just attended today to do some form of gardening duties,” Harbison said on Thursday.

Police were called to do a welfare check at a Burpengary East home on Thursday morning where they found two people in their 70s with serious head injuries.

The man was declared dead at the scene while the…