Chinanews.com, August 7th. According to the WeChat official account of Australia's "New Fast Australia", on August 6, local time, the Sydney Chinese man Dong Mou murdered Chinese woman Yu Yu in 2018 again in the Supreme Court of NSW (Supreme Court of New South Wales) held a sentencing hearing. Before that, the culprit Dong had pleaded guilty in court, but at the sentencing hearing held last month, Dong defended him on the grounds of mental illness.
Due to the social restriction order implemented in the court, only a dozen people were in the court to observe. In addition to Yu's father, Yu's mother also came to the courtroom, and many friends accompanied them to the court.
At ten o'clock in the morning, Dong appeared in the dock wearing a prison uniform. He always lowered his head and closed his eyes.
In court, Yu's father read a victim influence statement in English. In the statement, Yu's father said that the only daughter is a smart, beautiful, cute, friendly, and sunny girl. She was among the best in her studies. He came to Australia at the age of 18 and started studying abroad, studying electrical engineering, and entered a high-tech company in 2015. Work in the company, get along well with classmates and colleagues, and have a bright future. Father Yu said: "The only drawback of her daughter is that she is too kind. In her eyes, Australia is a safe country with no bad people, but she does not want to encounter serious murders and encounter demons around her." At the end of the statement, Yu's father said : "Our family has been devastated and our entire family has been destroyed. I hope justice can be done, justice can be brought back to my daughter, and the murderer will be punished severely!"
At the sentencing hearing in July, Dong had defended on the grounds of mental illness and provided mental identification materials. At this hearing, two medical professional witnesses appeared in court separately to testify against Dong's mental appraisal results. The first witness who appeared in court had twice made a mental assessment of Dong. He said that Dong said that he had hallucinations and that his life was controlled by another person. It is reported that Dong has a habit of smoking marijuana. He often feels anxious and feels that someone in his brain is talking to him. In the detention center, Dong Mou is also taking psychotropic drugs. The second witness appeared in court via video connection. He said that the CT scan showed that Dong's brain was in normal condition. But he said that even if a person's brain has been hurt, the brain CT scan results may be normal.