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Suitcase murder trial: Auckland mum quickly removed following guilty verdict - report

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 23 Sept 2025, 5:53pm
Hakyung Lee, accused of murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in an Auckland storage unit as she moved overseas, appears in Manukau District Court in November 2022 shortly after she was extradited from South Korea. Photo / Dean Purcell
Hakyung Lee, accused of murdering her two children and leaving their bodies in an Auckland storage unit as she moved overseas, appears in Manukau District Court in November 2022 shortly after she was extradited from South Korea. Photo / Dean Purcell

Suitcase murder trial: Auckland mum quickly removed following guilty verdict - report

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 23 Sept 2025, 5:53pm

A guilty verdict for the Auckland woman charged with murdering her children and leaving their bodies in suitcases. 

Hakyung Lee killed her eight and six-year-old in 2018, after giving them anti-depressants in what she said was a failed suicide attempt. 

But claims she was insane following her husband's death failed to convince the jury.

Newstalk ZB's Emily Ansell says the verdict's in line with evidence from forensic psychiatrist Dr Erik Monasterio.

"Who found that there was no proof of any psychotic elements required for that defence, so therefore, he told the jury that he believed she didn't qualify - and that is an opinion they clearly took on board."

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