Melbourne wheelie bin victim Ju 'Kelly' Zhang's mother faces killer in court trends now

Melbourne wheelie bin victim Ju 'Kelly' Zhang's mother faces killer in court trends now
Melbourne wheelie bin victim Ju 'Kelly' Zhang's mother faces killer in court trends now

Melbourne wheelie bin victim Ju 'Kelly' Zhang's mother faces killer in court trends now

A mother has broken down in court as she confronted the man who murdered her daughter and dumped her body in a wheelie bin.

Joon Seong Tan, 38, was last week found guilty by a jury of killing Ju 'Kelly' Zhang in her Epping home in Melbourne's north on February 2, 2021.

Tan had believed Ms Zhang, his girlfriend of only one month, was cheating on him with another man, so he killed her while her eight-year-old son was in another room.

He then cleaned up and moved Ms Zhang's body first to a laundry cupboard and then a wheelie bin.

Tan drove the bin to Heidelberg West where he placed it with other bins for collection.

The following morning, after driving Ms Zhang's son to school, he returned and watched the garbage truck empty the bin, before going back to Ms Zhang's home where he reported her missing.

Melbourne mother Ju 'Kelly' Zhang (pictured) was murdered by her jealous boyfriend and dumped in a wheelie bin

Melbourne mother Ju 'Kelly' Zhang (pictured) was murdered by her jealous boyfriend and dumped in a wheelie bin

It took police four months to find Ms Zhang's body at a Wollert landfill site.

She had suffered at least one stab wound to her heart.

During a pre-sentence hearing on Wednesday, Ms Zhang's mother Renqun Li told the Supreme Court her daughter was a studious woman who should have had a bright future ahead of her.

When they found out their daughter was missing, Ms Li and her husband Xiaoyou Zhang dropped everything in China, using donations from friends to get to Melbourne.

For months, they believed she had been kidnapped and they would see

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