Hakyung Lee, mother of children found in Auckland storage unit suitcases, found guilty

The mother accused of killing her two children and leaving their bodies in a New Zealand storage unit for four years has been found guilty.

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Hakyung Lee, 43, gave her two children, Yuna Jo, 8, and Minu Jo, 6, an overdose of prescription medicine in mid-2018.

Their remains were discovered inside two suitcases abandoned at an Auckland storage facility four years later, in August 2022.

Lee, who changed her name and flew to South Korea after their deaths, admitted to killing her children but argued she was not guilty by reason of insanity.

Her assistant counsel said Lee had spiralled after her husband's death from cancer in 2017, and believed killing Yuna and Minu was the "morally right" thing to do.

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