Robert Xie loses appeal against convictions over brutal Lin family murders
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Robert Xie s appeal against his five murder convictions has been dismissed in the NSW Court of Appeal.
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Former doctor Robert Xie has lost an appeal against his convictions for violently murdering five members of his family in their Sydney home.
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Three of his grounds of appeal involved DNA evidence found in his garage
Xie, who appeared via video from jail, put his head in his hands when the decision was handed down
After four trials, a jury found Xie guilty of bashing his newsagent brother-in-law Norman Lin, Mr Lin s wife Lily, their sons Henry, 12, and Terry 9, and Lily s sister Irene, to death while they slept in their beds at North Epping in 2009.
Man who killed grandmother and retired officer not guilty due to mental illness
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A psychotic man who went on a deadly rampage that devastated two large families â including his own â in the NSW South Coast town of Bega has been found not guilty of murdering his grandmother and a retired policeman due to mental illness.
Murray Deakin, then 20, had already exhibited signs of schizophrenia and was a regular user of cannabis and LSD when he confronted and stabbed his grandparents, Gail and Thomas Winner, at their Bega home about 3pm on June 1, 2018.
A man who killed his grandmother and a retired police officer during a psychotic episode has been found not guilty of murder because of his mental illness.
Murray Deakin s bloody rampage began on June 1, 2018 when he discovered his motorbike had been moved from the driveway of the Bega house where he lived with his parents.
After asking his grandfather Thomas Winner where his bike was, he stabbed the older man with a pen-knife.
Murray Deakin (pictured) has been found not guilty of the horrific crimes as he could not tell right from wrong due to a psychotic episode caused by schizophrenia