New Zealand woman was convicted of killing her young children, and left their bodies in their bags

A jury in New Zealand found on Tuesday A woman guilty of killing her two children He left their bodies in their bags for years before they were discovered.

With their ruling, the Parliamentary Authority of the Supreme Court in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand, rejected the defense of the madness in which the Hukang Lee Legal team, who fled to South Korea after the killings but was handed over to the trial. The verdict was issued a few hours after jury sent to circulate behind closed doors on Tuesday.

I was accused of killing Mino Joe, 6 years old, Young Joe, 8, in June 2018. The remains of children were I found inside the luggage In an abandoned storage unit in Auckland in August 2022.

Lee, a New Zealand citizen, traveled to South Korea and changed her name in 2018, shortly after children believed that they were killed. She was born in South Korea and went on the name of Jon Yun Lee.

She was 45 years old He was arrested in South Korea in September 2022 And hand it after one month. She denied these charges, as her lawyers argued that she was crazy at the time of murders.

Lee’s lawyers admitted that she had killed the children by giving them an antidepressant called Nortriptyline, but they said that the deaths had occurred after “their client descended into madness.” Lauren Smith said that Lee has always been “fragile”, but her mental illness became worse after her husband’s death.

During the trial, a coastal consultant said in a statement he read to the court that Lee said that she “wanted to end everything” and often. Australian National broadcaster ABC mentioned.

Smith said that at some point, I thought it would be better if the entire family died, but she made a mistake in the dose and when she woke up, the children died.

After Tuesday’s ruling, Judge Jeffrey Fing ordered that I would remain in detention until he was sentenced to November 26. The murder holds a life imprisonment in New Zealand, where judges are required to pass a 10 -year prison in prison before the perpetrator can apply for a conditional release.

Prosecutors said that Li had suffered depression, but it was not severe enough to support the defense of madness. In New Zealand, such a claim requires the defendant to prove in the murder that they are unable to understand what they were doing or was a mistake.

Prosecutor Natalie Walker told the court that there is a “cold account” for me. Walker said I had killed her children from selfishness and plans to start a new life without them.

The residues of the children were discovered after I stopped paying the rental fees for a storage unit in Auckland when I faced financial difficulties in 2022.

The spouses were found in separate peaches, wrapped in plastic, a police officer who investigated the court for the first time. The horrific discovery came after a reassuring family bought a trailer load of elements-including the bags-in Auction for abandoned goods Near Auckland.

Verda said when the trial began on September 8, it would be sad to give me and give it permission to see the procedures from another room in the court. She returned to the accusation cage, and she stood, headed by bending and her hair covers her face, according to New Zealand news.