AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2010
Tas: Williams found guilty of manslaughter
HOBART, April 27 AAP - A man has been found not guilty of murdering Chinese student
Zhang "Tina" Yu, but guilty of her manslaughter.
Daniel Williams, 22, of Kingston, south of Hobart, pleaded not guilty to murdering
the 27-year-old accounting student on June 25 last year.
His co-accused, Stavros Papadopoulos, 22, pleaded guilty in March to murdering Ms Yu,
and will be sentenced next month.
Papadopoulos has admitted using a concrete brick to bludgeon her, before punching,
strangling her and drowning her at a unit in the Hobart suburb of New Town.
Her body was dumped in the Tyenna Rivera, 60km west of Hobart.
Williams said he acted out of fear that he would be Papadopolous' next victim.
The jury of seven men and five women took more than a day to reach their verdict, delivering
it shortly before 5pm (AEST) on Wednesday.
Justice David Porter remanded Williams in custody until May 10.
AAP pbc/cdh
KEYWORD: YU
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