Pumpkin's mother had three men's DNA in her pants
Sydney Morning Herald
June 16, 2009 - 4:54PM
The murdered mother of a little girl abandoned at a Melbourne train station had the DNA of three men in her underpants and two men's rings in her pocket when her body was found.
An An Liu, 28, was strangled with a neck tie and dumped in a car boot outside her Auckland home in late 2007.
Her hu*****and, Nai Yin Xue, 55, is charged with her murder and is alleged to have dumped the couple's three-year-old daughter, Qian Xun Xue, at Southern Cross railway station before absconding to the United States.
The all-woman jury in Xue's High Court trial in Auckland has heard that Xue was violent and jealous and suspected his wife was involved with another man.
In evidence given last week, Xue's lawyer read out an internet chat note Ms Liu sent to a friend saying she had met a younger man after escaping violence at home.
The truck driver had made her feel "sexually ferocious like a wolf", she told her friend on the chat network QQ.
In court this week, forensic evidence appeared to support the view that the young mother had been seeing other men.
Forensic scientist Sally-Anne Harbison told the court that Ms Liu's red underwear contained DNA from Xue and at least two other mystery men.
"The major components corresponded from Mr Xue," Dr Harbison told the court.
"The minor trace components are present from at least two further male individuals."
She said DNA could survive a washing machine cycle "but it is unusual and it would be surprising to find so many contributors".
Xue's DNA was also found on the neck tie, along with DNA from one of the mystery men.
Two men's rings, including a wedding ring, were found in the pocket of a jacket next to Ms Liu's body, which was wrapped in Xue's dressing gown.
Dr Timothy Koelmeyer, who performed the autopsy on Ms Liu, told the court on Tuesday that there was a slim possibility Ms Liu's death could have been a sex act gone wrong.
He concluded it was likely she was asphyxiated quickly, falling unconscious in just 45 seconds.
The trial is in its third and final week.
Evidence has been heard from 95 people, including 10 Australians, with crown prosecutor Aaron Perkins painting a picture of a domineering man who twice threatened to kill his wife and had been unhappy with his daughter.
Defence lawyer Chris Comeskey has said Ms Liu was embarrassed by her older hu*****and and used him for New Zealand residency, refusing to have sex with him after it was granted.
Xue told the court on the trial's opening day "I am not guilty, I'm innocent" and has listened to evidence intently through an interpreter.
Sydney Morning Herald
June 16, 2009 - 4:54PM
The murdered mother of a little girl abandoned at a Melbourne train station had the DNA of three men in her underpants and two men's rings in her pocket when her body was found.
An An Liu, 28, was strangled with a neck tie and dumped in a car boot outside her Auckland home in late 2007.
Her hu*****and, Nai Yin Xue, 55, is charged with her murder and is alleged to have dumped the couple's three-year-old daughter, Qian Xun Xue, at Southern Cross railway station before absconding to the United States.
The all-woman jury in Xue's High Court trial in Auckland has heard that Xue was violent and jealous and suspected his wife was involved with another man.
In evidence given last week, Xue's lawyer read out an internet chat note Ms Liu sent to a friend saying she had met a younger man after escaping violence at home.
The truck driver had made her feel "sexually ferocious like a wolf", she told her friend on the chat network QQ.
In court this week, forensic evidence appeared to support the view that the young mother had been seeing other men.
Forensic scientist Sally-Anne Harbison told the court that Ms Liu's red underwear contained DNA from Xue and at least two other mystery men.
"The major components corresponded from Mr Xue," Dr Harbison told the court.
"The minor trace components are present from at least two further male individuals."
She said DNA could survive a washing machine cycle "but it is unusual and it would be surprising to find so many contributors".
Xue's DNA was also found on the neck tie, along with DNA from one of the mystery men.
Two men's rings, including a wedding ring, were found in the pocket of a jacket next to Ms Liu's body, which was wrapped in Xue's dressing gown.
Dr Timothy Koelmeyer, who performed the autopsy on Ms Liu, told the court on Tuesday that there was a slim possibility Ms Liu's death could have been a sex act gone wrong.
He concluded it was likely she was asphyxiated quickly, falling unconscious in just 45 seconds.
The trial is in its third and final week.
Evidence has been heard from 95 people, including 10 Australians, with crown prosecutor Aaron Perkins painting a picture of a domineering man who twice threatened to kill his wife and had been unhappy with his daughter.
Defence lawyer Chris Comeskey has said Ms Liu was embarrassed by her older hu*****and and used him for New Zealand residency, refusing to have sex with him after it was granted.
Xue told the court on the trial's opening day "I am not guilty, I'm innocent" and has listened to evidence intently through an interpreter.
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