Sydney (Australia), December 14 (EFE).- The remains of a woman deported from South Korea to New Zealand for allegedly killing her two minor children were found in two suitcases last August. For years, he pleaded “not guilty” this Wednesday in court in the maritime nation.
At a hearing in the Auckland City High Court today, defense lawyer Christopher Wilkinson-Smith, whose client cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded “not guilty” to the murder charges against him. Zeland Herald newspaper.
The 42-year-old woman was not present at the trial presided over by Judge Sally Fitzgerald, who ruled that the trial for the alleged minors’ murder would begin on April 29, 2024 and last four weeks.
The defendant – who made his first appearance in a New Zealand court on November 30 – will remain in jail until his next hearing, scheduled for March next year, after being handed over for a day, the magistrate said.
The 42-year-old woman, who was born in South Korea and held a New Zealand passport, returned to her home country in the second half of 2018 without an exit record, according to police investigations.
Since then, he has lived in Seoul and other cities before moving to an apartment in the city of Ulsan, 300 kilometers from the South Korean capital, earlier this year.
The bodies of two children were found in New Zealand in early August in two suitcases allegedly bought at an abandoned goods auction.
Authorities believe the two children, who were between the ages of five and 10 at the time of their deaths, may have been inside the suitcases for years. EFE
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