Ex-boyfriend rehearsed murder of Sydney school coach Lilie James with ‘dry runs’, inquest hears
Source: The Guardian | Published: March 18, 2025, 5:43 a.m.
Dutch national Paul Thijssen killed St Andrew’s Cathedral school water polo coach in October 2023 before killing himself in Sydney’s eastern suburbs
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Paul Thijssen stalked his ex-girlfriend Lilie James and meticulously rehearsed how he would attack the 21-year-old water polo coach in a school bathroom before murdering her, a coronial inquest into their deaths has heard.
James’s body was found with serious head injuries in a gymnasium bathroom at St Andrew’s Cathedral school, where she worked, in October 2023.
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