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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Wing Kuang

Woman in high-profile Sydney case seeks more time for court plea after additional charge laid over Rolls-Royce crash

Stock picture of a statue of Lady Justice outside an Australian court
Lanlan Yang faces a fifth charge of negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm after a car crash in Sydney’s eastern suburbs in July, a court has heard. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

The lawyer representing a wealthy Chinese woman, Lanlan Yang, has told a Sydney court her defence needs extra time to decide on a plea, after New South Wales police added additional charges.

The 23-year-old has been accused of driving a $1.5m Rolls-Royce SUV which crashed head-on into a car driven by George Plassaras, a driver for Sydney radio host Kyle Sandilands, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on 26 July.

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