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Master Lion pleads guilty to 2024 triple murder of Sydney family

He admitted to strangling a mother and son at his North Parramatta studio before stabbing the father at their Baulkham Hills home and will face sentencing later this year

Overview

  • Kwang Kyung Yoo entered guilty pleas to three counts of murder via video link in Parramatta Local Court on May 29
  • On February 19, 2024, he strangled Min Cho and her seven-year-old student at Lion’s Taekwondo Martial Arts Academy and then stabbed the boy’s father at their Baulkham Hills residence
  • The next morning Yoo presented at Westmead Hospital with slash wounds and falsely told staff he had been attacked in a supermarket car park
  • Court documents reveal Yoo repeatedly fabricated academic and professional credentials and was driven by an obsession with luxury cars and social status
  • The case will be mentioned in the NSW Supreme Court on August 1 ahead of a sentencing date to be scheduled