Suitcase murder case: Kids’ mother appears in court

Published date01 December 2022
Media from New Zealand and abroad filled the small Manukau District Court courtroom to capacity yesterday, with others listening in via audio-video feed, as the woman stood in the dock before Judge Gus Andrée Wiltens

The judge confirmed the women’s relationship to the deceased children was not covered by suppression given it was common knowledge and had already being reported. She was their mother.

The defendant had shoulder-length hair that appeared wet.

She walked into the dock with her eyes looking down and was wearing a beige hooded jacket and a black T-shirt, similar to the one she was photographed pulling over her face shortly after she was arrested and being escorted from Ulsan police station in Korea.

She was flanked by an interpreter and two guards and was remanded without plea into custody to await her next appearance on...

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