28 Oct 2020

Westgate stabbing: Alleged killer 'fixated' on ex-wife, ex-flatmate says

From Checkpoint, 6:09 pm on 28 October 2020

Warning: This report contains details that may be distressing for listeners.

The former flatmate of a man on trial for stabbing a woman to death says the accused was "fixated" on getting rid of his ex-wife and shared how he planned to do it.

Li Manchao is on trial in the High Court at Auckland accused of murdering his ex-wife Yang Zhimin on a suburban west Auckland Street last July.

RNZ court reporter Anneke Smith has the latest.