Cambodian Found Guilty of Murdering Cambodian in Australia in 1987
Posted: Wed May 08, 2019 8:46 pm
Man found guilty of 1987 stabbing murder of family friend
By Karen Percy
Updated about an hour ago
A jury has found a Cambodian man guilty of the murder of a family friend and former member of the Pol Pot regime, Ranny Yun, in Springvale over three decades ago.
Ms Yun, 27, was stabbed and her throat was cut while she was at home on October 15, 1987.
Meth Mean's semen was found at the scene in addition to other DNA evidence, the prosecution said during a five-and-a-half week trial in Victoria's Supreme Court.
Mean was arrested in Perth in 2017 and extradited to Melbourne.
In 1985, Mean's family had been sponsored to come to Australia from war-torn Cambodia by Ms Yun's husband.
They lived in the same neighbourhood.
During a 2017 police record of interview played to the jury, Mean admitted that he had been to Ms Yun's house after school on the day she was murdered.
He claimed he only stayed five minutes to have a glass of water.
But when confronted with the forensic evidence — his semen was on Ranny Yun's body and her tracksuit pants — he admitted he had returned to the house and got sexually excited when he saw her partially naked body.
"I could not remember and also I believe I did not rape her, and I know that I haven't done anything wrong," Mean told police.
"What, so there was nothing wrong with ejaculating onto a dead or dying woman," prosecutor Nanette Rogers asked in her closing argument last week.
"At the very least that response was cruel and callous. But apparently the accused himself saw nothing wrong with his behaviour."
Defence lawyer Anthony Lewis told the jury the fact Mean masturbated in the presence of the dead body was "clearly revolting" but said Mean was not charged with that, he was charged with murder.
"He may well have been shamed and embarrassed at his conduct. He may have panicked," Mr Lewis said.
During the trial, the jury heard Ms Yun's throat had been cut while she was still alive.
In all, there were 20 injuries to the body including stab wounds, bruising, lacerations and abrasions.
She also had a fractured skull and a fractured jaw.
Full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-08/ ... n/11092952
By Karen Percy
Updated about an hour ago
A jury has found a Cambodian man guilty of the murder of a family friend and former member of the Pol Pot regime, Ranny Yun, in Springvale over three decades ago.
Ms Yun, 27, was stabbed and her throat was cut while she was at home on October 15, 1987.
Meth Mean's semen was found at the scene in addition to other DNA evidence, the prosecution said during a five-and-a-half week trial in Victoria's Supreme Court.
Mean was arrested in Perth in 2017 and extradited to Melbourne.
In 1985, Mean's family had been sponsored to come to Australia from war-torn Cambodia by Ms Yun's husband.
They lived in the same neighbourhood.
During a 2017 police record of interview played to the jury, Mean admitted that he had been to Ms Yun's house after school on the day she was murdered.
He claimed he only stayed five minutes to have a glass of water.
But when confronted with the forensic evidence — his semen was on Ranny Yun's body and her tracksuit pants — he admitted he had returned to the house and got sexually excited when he saw her partially naked body.
"I could not remember and also I believe I did not rape her, and I know that I haven't done anything wrong," Mean told police.
"What, so there was nothing wrong with ejaculating onto a dead or dying woman," prosecutor Nanette Rogers asked in her closing argument last week.
"At the very least that response was cruel and callous. But apparently the accused himself saw nothing wrong with his behaviour."
Defence lawyer Anthony Lewis told the jury the fact Mean masturbated in the presence of the dead body was "clearly revolting" but said Mean was not charged with that, he was charged with murder.
"He may well have been shamed and embarrassed at his conduct. He may have panicked," Mr Lewis said.
During the trial, the jury heard Ms Yun's throat had been cut while she was still alive.
In all, there were 20 injuries to the body including stab wounds, bruising, lacerations and abrasions.
She also had a fractured skull and a fractured jaw.
Full article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-08/ ... n/11092952