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75-year-old man convicted of murdering neighbours in Vancouver apartment

A Vancouver senior who killed two of his neighbours at a West End high-rise in 2017 has been found guilty of second-degree murder.

Leonard Landrick, 75, killed neighbours at Ocean Towers complex in 2017

Police officers found a 57-year-old woman and a 51-year-old man dead at 1835 Morton Ave. on July 10, 2017. (Ryan Stelting/CBC)

A Vancouver senior who killed two of his neighbours at a West End high-rise in 2017 has been found guilty of second-degree murder.

A jury convicted Leonard Landrick, 75, on two counts of murder Wednesday after a trial in B.C. Supreme Court.

Landrick was arrested one week afterSandra McInnes, 57, and Neil Croker, 51, were found dead in the Ocean Towers apartmentbuilding on Morton Avenue on July 10, 2017.

The suspectand victims all lived in the building.

Defence lawyers who representedLandrick at trial are moving to have him declared not criminally responsible on account of mental disorder (NCRMD) in wake of the guilty verdict.