Article: Vic: Elderly woman stabbed hostel resident in eyes, jury told


AAP General News (Australia)
08-21-2000
Vic: Elderly woman stabbed hostel resident in eyes, jury told

By Catherine Chisholm

MELBOURNE, Aug 21 AAP - An 80-year-old woman allegedly stabbed a fellow nursing home
resident around the head and neck 49 times, a jury was told today.

Che Kien, now 82, has pleaded not guilty to the murder of 84-year-old Lai Fun in Melbourne
on February 4 last year.

Both women were residents of the Victorian Elderly Chinese Hostel at Ascot Vale.

Paul Coghlan, QC, prosecuting, told the Supreme Court jury that Kien had buzzed for
a room attendant to help her go to dinner around 5.30pm on the day of the attack.

The attendant noticed blood on her cheek, an ...

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