The brother of an uber driver who was killed by his passengers on Queensland’s Fraser Coast last year says he's glad the truth about his death has finally been revealed. At a sentencing hearing for the teens responsible the supreme court was told Scott Cabrie was abducted and then repeatedly stabbed in a robbery gone wrong.
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00:00After losing his parents to cancer at a young age, and then the brutal murder of his brother,
00:09Ian Cadbury says his life has been hell.
00:13Just as a good guy, you know, just as a good guy doing his job and really making a difference
00:17in Harpy Bay.
00:19In February last year, Scott Cadbury picked up a drunken Ty Wayne Porter and his 17-year-old
00:25friend.
00:26They travelled for more than 30 kilometres, then after making a stop, the pair turned
00:31on him in a bid to steal his car.
00:34The 47-year-old's body was discovered at a boat ramp in Howard several days after he
00:40was killed.
00:41The hole that this has left in my family is massive.
00:46Crown Prosecutor Chris Cook told the court he'd been stabbed up to seven times with a
00:51kitchen knife.
00:53Mr Cadbury was murdered in cold blood simply for trying to do his job.
00:59The pair then dumped his body and set his car on fire in an attempt to destroy evidence.
01:05I'd really like to thank Justice Davis for calling out what this is.
01:10He's stated that Scott was abducted and killed for no reason, and I appreciate that that's
01:15the truth that's come out.
01:17The younger of the two, who cannot be named, pleaded guilty to murder earlier this year.
01:22Porter, who was 18, pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.
01:27Justice Peter Davis told the court that due to the complexity of the case, he would not
01:32make a decision today.
01:34The pair were instead remanded in custody to be sentenced at a later date.
01:38A family's 18-month fight for justice that isn't over yet.