27 Oct 2020

Westgate stabbing: Man accused of killing ex-wife on trial

From Checkpoint, 5:19 pm on 27 October 2020

Warning: Report contains details of violence that will disturb some listeners.

A man accused of stabbing his ex-wife in broad daylight on a suburban West Auckland street has gone on trial.

Li Manchao denies fatally attacking his ex-wife Yang Zhimin with a hunting knife on Westgate Drive in Massey in July 2019.

The 65-year-old's arrest made headlines at the time and now - as his High Court trial opens - RNZ can share what happened in the years, days and hours before Ms Yang's death.

RNZ court reporter Anneke Smith filed this story.