Man found guilty of murdering autistic boy, 14, by hitting him with an axe 20 TIMES
- A man accused of murdering Timothy O'Brien with an axe has been found guilty
- Darren Wilson, 35, was also found guilty of two of the four charges of incitement to commit murder laid against the boy
- O'Brien died from head injuries at a property near Ballarat on January 5, 2013
- The boy was murdered at a farmhouse in Scarsdale, 25 kilometres south-west of Ballarat
A Victorian man has been found guilty of murdering a 14-year-old autistic boy with an axe.
Darren Wilson, 35, of Ballarat was also found guilty of two of the four charges of incitement to commit murder laid against him.
Timothy O'Brien, 14, died from head injuries at a property near Ballarat in January 2013.
The Sydney Morning Herald also reports police found the boy's dead and injured body with missing fingers.
Timothy O'Brien, 14, (pictured right) died from head injuries at a property near Ballarat in January 2013
The teenager was murdered at a farmhouse in Scarsdale, 25 kilometres south-west of Ballarat, last year
Police were called to the property on January 5, 2013 and arrested Darren Wilson of Ballarat who has recently been found guilty of the murder
The court previously heard Wilson struck O'Brien up to 20 times in the head with an axe.
Another man then allegedly hit the boy with the blunt side of the axe, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
The teenager was murdered on January 5 at a farmhouse in Scarsdale, 25 kilometres south-west of Ballarat, The Age reports.
The Victorian Supreme Court jury returned the verdict for Wilson after only three hours deliberation.
Wilson's plea hearing will be on a date yet to be fixed but he is expected to be sentenced in the next few weeks.
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