Robert Xie's appeal team to make 'serious allegations' witness 'covered up material', court hears
A court has heard a witness will be accused of lying when Robert Xie appeals against his conviction for brutally murdering five members of Sydney's Lin family.Xie is set to appeal the conviction in June, claiming a witness was dishonestThe Supreme Court has heard Xie's appeal will run for up to seven days in June, with some of the witnesses due to give evidence via video-link from overseas.
Justice Robert Beech-Jones said, given the large amount of material involved, it was likely other parties in the matter would appear in court in person. "I expect it's subject to how the COVID-19 pandemic evolves over the next eight weeks," he told the court. Many NSW court cases are being conducted via video link, with some delayed and a freeze on new jury trials amid the coronavirus lockdown.claimed he had no motive to commit the murdersXie bludgeoned to death his brother-in-law, Min Lin, Mr Lin's wife Lily, sister-in-law Irene Lin and two sons Henry, 12, and Terry, 9, inside their North Epping home in July 2009.The family was attacked in their beds with a hammer-like object, after Xie let himself into their Sydney home at night.
Today, Justice Beech-Jones said the appeal hearing included allegations a trial witness was "dishonest" and "covered up material".Robert Xie appeared in court via video from Lithgow jail.
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