Trial begins for man accused of murdering housemate for financial gain, keeping her body in a toolbox

A man accused of murder impersonated his dead housemate for financial gain, a court has been told.

Then 26-year-old Yang Zhao was arrested in July 2021, the same day police found 29-year-old Qiong Yan’s badly decomposed body in a toolbox.

Detectives made the discovery while searching Mr Zhao’s…