Insanity defence begins in Auckland suitcase murder trial

Thursday 18 September 2025 · 4 outlets · 6 reports · updated Thu 18 Sep 2025, 8:01pm

Hakyung Lee is on trial at the Auckland High Court for the murders of her children, Minu and Yuna Jo. The defence's only witness, a forensic psychiatrist, testified that Lee may have been insane at the time of the killings. The expert's opinion appeared to change during Crown cross-examination.

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1. StuffThu 18 Sep 2025, 12:15pm

   Chilling details of how mother killed children and left them in storage unit revealed (opens in new tab)

2. RNZThu 18 Sep 2025, 12:51pm

   Only witness for defence in suitcase murders trial takes the stand (opens in new tab)

   • Suitcase murders: Expert witness changes opinion (opens in new tab) Thu 18 Sep 2025, 8:01pm
3. NZ HeraldThu 18 Sep 2025, 1:36pm

   Auckland suitcase murder trial: Insanity defence begins for Hakyung Lee, who killed her children (opens in new tab)

   • Defence psychiatrist appears to reverse course in Hakyung Lee’s Auckland murder trial (opens in new tab) Thu 18 Sep 2025, 7:15pm
4. 1News via RNZThu 18 Sep 2025, 3:45pm

   Suitcase murder trial: only witness for defence takes the stand (opens in new tab)