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Adam Margolis found guilty of murdering girlfriend Mai Vang weeks after meeting online
A Victorian man who claimed he was provoked into a post-traumatic flashback before he strangled his girlfriend to death has been found guilty of murder.
WARNING: This story contains details that may be distressing to some readers.
Key points:
- Adam Margolis had only known Mai Vang for a few weeks before her murdered her
- After her death, Margolis impersonated Ms Vang in messages to her sisters, telling them she was unwell
- He later told a forensic psychiatrist he had blacked out and Ms Vang was dead when he awoke
It took a Supreme Court jury less than a day to reject Adam Margolis’ version of events, instead finding that the 41-year-old was responsible for the murder of Mai Vang, a woman who he had met only weeks earlier, in 2018.
Margolis, of…
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