00:00Violent and horrific, that's how prosecutors describe the killing of Ti Tui Huang Yuen.
00:09The ACT Supreme Court has heard she was stabbed multiple times in the head and abdomen.
00:15A plate of food was on the table, another on the floor.
00:19The tip of the kitchen knife used to stab her bent in one of the blows.
00:24We say he intended to kill her.
00:27The nature and number of injuries are incompatible with life.
00:31Court documents showed the two were living separately in the same house.
00:36They had divorced in Vietnam but remarried for immigration purposes in Australia.
00:42The court heard before the incident Vu had carried a perception that he was not being
00:47treated fairly.
00:49Doctors who gave evidence also said he was likely suffering a major depressive disorder
00:55at the time and that he was experiencing cognitive decline.
01:00His lawyer said that reduced his moral culpability along with the fact it was a spontaneous act.
01:07It wasn't carried out for reward and there was no premeditation.
01:11The court heard Vu is not expected to live much beyond four more years, partly due to prostate cancer.
01:18His lawyer urged the court to impose a non-parole period which would give him hope he wouldn't
01:25die in custody.
01:26His lawyer said that when the tranquills care and podr
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