A taekwondo instructor accused of a triple murder in western Sydney will be assessed in the coming weeks by police.
Kwang Kyung Yoo, 50, was charged earlier this year with the murders of Min Cho, 41, and a seven-year-old boy in North Parramatta, as well as the woman’s husband, Steven Cho, 39, in a Baulkham Hills block of flats.
Ms Cho and the boy are believed to have been killed in February inside a taekwondo studio where the boy was a student.
Police say Yoo, who was known to his students as Master Leon, left the bodies inside the studio before driving Ms Cho’s white BMW to her home in Baulkham Hills, where Mr Cho was stabbed multiple times.
The North Kellyville man has been in protective custody since his arrest at the hospital in February and has yet to enter a plea.
The court was told in Parramatta Local Court on Thursday that a case conference would be held on October 21.
Police charged Kwang Kyung Yoo, 49, with the alleged triple murder after he showed up at the hospital with stab wounds he said were from an incident in a parking lot.
Minn Cho and her husband Steven were allegedly two of his victims along with their seven-year-old son.
The purpose of a case conference is to help determine an accused person’s plea and identify any disputed facts.
Furthermore, this may result in either party making settlement offers.
NSW Police found Mr Cho’s body at the home on Watkins Rd, Baulkham Hills before police discovered the bodies of his wife and son two hours later.
Police say Mr Yoo drove himself to Westmead Hospital with stab wounds to his chest, arms and stomach and claimed he was attacked at random in a supermarket car park.
The Baulkham Hills apartment complex where Mr. Cho was murdered
Police allege the man suffered injuries when he stabbed Mr Cho to death.
The matter will be discussed again at the end of October.