| 词条 | Lin family murders |
| 释义 |
| title = Lin family murders | image = | caption = | location = North Epping, New South Wales, Australia | coordinates = | date = 18 July 2009 | time = | timezone = | type = Mass murder | fatalities = 5 (Min Lin, Yun Lin, Irene Lin, Henry Lin, Terry Lin) | injuries = | perp = Lian Bin "Robert" Xie | weapons = Hammer-like object }} The Lin family murders were the 18 July 2009 killings in North Epping, New South Wales, Australia, of newsagency proprietor Min Lin; his wife, Yun Lin; their sons, Henry and Terry; and Yun Lin's sister, Irene Lin. The family were bludgeoned to death. Min Lin's sister Kathy discovered the bodies. Jun "Brenda" Lin, 15, was the only member of the immediate family to survive the incident as she was on a school trip in New Caledonia with Cheltenham Girls High School at the time.[1] On 5 May 2011, Lian Bin "Robert" Xie - Kathy's husband - was arrested and charged with the murders. After several misstarts and abandoned trials, the third trial ended in December 2015 with a hung jury. Xie was later granted bail. A retrial was held in 2016, with a jury finding Xie guilty of the murders by a majority verdict on 12 January 2017. MurdersIn the early hours of 18 July 2009 in North Epping, New South Wales, newsagent proprietor Min Lin, age 45; his wife, Yun Lin, 43; their sons, Henry (12) and Terry (9); and Yun Lin's sister, Irene Lin, 39, were bludgeoned to death.[2] Kathy Lin, sister of Min Lin, and her husband Lian Bin "Robert" Xie discovered the bodies when they went to the house at around 9:00 am to see why the newsagency run by the Lin family was not open. After arriving, entering via the unlocked front door, going upstairs and seeing the bloodied rooms and battered bodies, Kathy called 000 for an ambulance and struggled to explain what she had seen to the dispatcher.[1][3] While waiting for the police, Xie left Kathy at the scene to pick up Min Lin's and Kathy Lin's parents, who lived in Merrylands.[1] Police and paramedics quickly arrived at the scene, but the victims were clearly beyond help. InvestigationPolice investigators noted the blood spatter from floor to ceiling, and the faces of the victims were so disfigured that forensics had to be used to identify them.[4] There was no evidence of a break-in (indicating the use of a key). Nothing had been ransacked or stolen. It was clear that the killer had known the layout of the house, the location of the circuit breaker, and that Brenda was not home (given the fact that the attacker did not enter her room).[1] Forensics also determined that the killings had been started with a hammer-like object, alleged at trial to have been bought from a $2 store,[2] and four of the five victims had signs of asphyxia.[1] 24 bloody shoe prints were also evident, determined to be around US-size 8.5 to 10.5, indicating a lone attacker. Brenda Lin, then 15, was the only member of the immediate family to survive. She was on a year-10 French school trip in New Caledonia with Cheltenham Girls High School at the time, and learnt of the murders via Facebook.[5] After the murders, Xie and Kathy Lin became her legal guardians, and they resumed operation of the successful newsagent business.[1] Brenda Lin later said that she had been sexually abused by Xie during this period.[6] A month after the attack, Strike Force Norburn was set-up to coordinate the investigation.[7] In May 2010 the NSW Crime Commission told Kathy Lin about the discovery of shoe prints that may match an ASICS sneaker. Subsequently, a 6-month-long covert police surveillance video showed Xie cutting up a size 9.5 ASICS sneakers box and flushing it down a toilet.[8][9] It was also found that Xie cleaned up his garage on the morning of the murders. Forensics searched his home and found a stain on the floor of the garage, which the Crown prosecutor alleged was blood.[10] Later analysis of "stain 91" by Cybergenetics in Pittsburgh, USA revealed it to contain DNA from four of the five victims.[1] TrialsJust after 9:00 am on 5 May 2011, Xie (then 47) was arrested without incident at his home in North Epping, following an extensive investigation, and on 19 December 2012, he was committed for trial.[11] Xie's trial had been scheduled to begin in September 2013. DNA tests on some evidence were in the process of being completed.[12] Regarding motive, it was revealed that Xie had been an ENT in China before migrating to Melbourne in 2006, and had made an unsuccessful attempt to open a restaurant in Melbourne before relocating to Sydney. He had felt slighted by his loss of status and face when compared to his successful in-laws.[1] He was also attracted sexually to his niece, Brenda Lin. On 22 July 2013, The Supreme Court delayed the trial until 17 March 2014. This was agreed between the prosecution and the defence, although the newspaper reports were not able to comment on the reasons for the delay.[13] On 20 May and 21 May 2014, in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Min Lin's and Kathy Lin's father, Yang Fei Lin, described his horror at learning that the five family members were dead.[14] The second trial for the murders began in August 2014, but was abandoned again shortly thereafter in September due to health issues of the trial judge.[15] The third trial commenced in February 2015. Xie, who had been refused bail ahead of the trial,[16] pleaded not guilty.[25] Robert Xie's defence lawyers argued that the injuries inflicted upon the family members indicated that the murders were committed by more than one person.[17] On 1 December 2015, after a 9-month trial and 11 days of deliberation, two separate notes from the jury of 12 indicated they were unable to reach a verdict. An agreement still could not be reached after a direction from presiding Justice Elizabeth Fullerton indicating that she would accept a majority verdict of 11 to 1. Fullerton formally discharged the jury on 1 December.[17] The date for a retrial was initially undecided, but then confirmed for August 2016.[18] Xie was granted bail on 8 December 2015.[19] The final trial commenced in Sydney in June 2016.[20] As in the previous trial, the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict, and Justice Fullerton advised a majority (11 to 1) verdict would be accepted by the court.[21] On 12 January 2017, a jury found Xie guilty of five counts of murder.[22] Xie was sentenced on 13 February 2017 to five consecutive life sentences in prison without possibility of parole.[23] See also
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2015}} 18. ^{{cite news|last1=Bibby|first1=Paul|title=Robert Xie trial jury discharged after failing to reach verdict over Lin family murders|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/robert-xie-trial-jury-discharged-after-failing-to-reach-verdict-over-lin-family-murders-20151130-glc39o.html|accessdate=1 December 2015|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=1 December 2015}} 19. ^{{cite news |last1=Bibby|first1=Paul |title=Man accused of 2009 Lin family murders, Robert Xie, granted bail in NSW Supreme Court |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/man-accused-of-2009-lin-family-murders-robert-xie-granted-bail-in-nsw-supreme-court-20151208-gli4d7.html |accessdate=8 December 2015 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Fairfax Media |date=8 December 2015}} 20. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-29/robert-xie-arriving-in-court/7552852|accessdate=20 December 2016|title=Robert Xie arriving in court}} 21. ^{{cite news|last1=Whitbourn|first1=Michaela|title=Jury in Robert Xie retrial says they are unable to reach unanimous verdict|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/jury-in-robert-xie-retrial-says-they-are-unable-to-reach-unanimous-verdict-20170112-gtq39v.html|accessdate=12 January 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 January 2017}} 22. ^{{cite news|title=Xie found guilty of murdering five extended family members|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-01-12/robert-xie-verdict-lin-family-murders-trial/8163294|accessdate=12 January 2017|work=ABC News|date=12 January 2017|language=en-AU}} 23. ^{{cite news|last1=Hall|first1=Louise|title=Robert Xie given five life sentences for Lin family murders|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/robert-xie-given-five-life-sentences-for-lin-family-murders-20170212-gubasy.html|accessdate=13 February 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=13 February 2017}} Further reading
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