Adina Mihai and Madalin Dumitru were found guilty of drugging men in a plot to steal cash and jewellery
A couple who lured men to a home by offering sex have been jailed after they were found to have poisoned and killed two in a robbery gone wrong.
Adina Mihai, 31, who pretended she was a sex worker, and her partner Madalin Dumitru, 30, both from Romania, arranged to meet men paying for sex at their homes, Oxford Crown Court heard.
The pair drugged four men by spiking glasses of wine with the powerful sedative gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) so the couple could take money from them, the court heard.
Sadly, two of the victims, married men Malcolm King, 80, of Bagendon, Gloucestershire, and Gary Mouat, 36, of Banbury, Oxfordshire, died.
At a previous hearing, the pair, formerly of Ilford, pleaded guilty to two charges of manslaughter and to administering poison to two other men, who cannot be identified for legal reasons.
They have now each been jailed for 17 years.
Sentencing the pair, Mrs Justice Brunner said: “Your joint intention was to incapacitate each victim making them deeply unconscious.“The administration of the drug was haphazard and depended on the strength of each batch, the amount put into drinks, and the amount they drunk.“This did not involve the administration of a fixed dose.
“I find that you were not aware of the deaths of any of your victims before administering the drugs to other victims.“You intended to render your victims deeply unconscious.“If you had stopped for a moment to consider the risks, as you should have done, you would have realised that it carried a high risk of serious injury or death at the very moment you administered that drug.“If you had done the most cursory research, you would know that GBL can be extremely toxic.“You both could and should have researched open sources.”
