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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Penry Buckley

Lilie James victim of ‘calculated premeditated killing’ by ex-boyfriend, coroner finds after inquest

Inquest findings handed down after Lilie James was murdered at Sydney’s St Andrew’s Cathedral school in October 2023.
Lilie James was murdered at Sydney’s St Andrew’s Cathedral school in October 2023. Photograph: Lilie James/Facebook

A coronial inquest into the murder of Lilie James by her ex-boyfriend Paul Thijssen has found she died from multiple blunt force injuries in a premeditated homicide.

The 21-year-old’s death was “a result of homicide in the context of domestic violence and gendered violence”, the New South Wales state coroner, Teresa O’Sullivan, said when delivering her findings.

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