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Robert Xie loses appeal against convictions over ‘brutal’ Lin family murders
Former doctor Robert Xie has lost an appeal against his convictions for violently murdering five members of his family in their Sydney home.
Key points:
- Robert Xie is serving five life sentences over the 2009 murders
- Three of his grounds of appeal involved DNA evidence found in his garage
- Xie, who appeared via video from jail, put his head in his hands when the decision was handed down
After four trials, a jury found Xie guilty of bashing his newsagent brother-in-law Norman Lin, Mr Lin’s wife Lily, their sons Henry, 12, and Terry 9, and Lily’s sister Irene, to death while they slept in their beds at North Epping in 2009.
Xie, a former ear-nose-and-throat surgeon who moved to Australia from China, was given five life sentences without parole.
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