Overview
- He has pleaded guilty to murdering Min Cho, her husband Steven Cho and a seven-year-old in February 2024, and faced their relatives as victim impact statements were read in the NSW Supreme Court.
- Prosecutors urged that he never be released from prison, while the defence argued for a minimum non-parole period and rejected claims that jealousy and hatred motivated the crimes.
- Agreed facts state he strangled the mother and child at his North Parramatta studio, then drove her BMW to Baulkham Hills where he fatally stabbed the father before later lying to hospital staff about a carpark attack.
- Expert testimony described a pattern of grandiose fantasies and easily disproved lies about wealth, Olympic credentials and status, including claims of meeting Gina Rinehart and posing as a professor.
- Court documents detail debts and overdue rent that contrasted with his fabricated image, with evidence he had visited the victims’ complex multiple times in the weeks before the killings.