Refugee from Cambodia's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime was murdered by her husband's 14-year-old cousin after moving to Australia for a better life
- Perth father Meth Mean was convicted for the 1987 murder of Ranny Yun
- DNA was secretly taken from Mean in 2017 and matched semen found on Ms Yun
- Mean is the cousin of Ms Yun's husband and the families once lived together
- Ms Yun and Mean fled from the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia
Ranny Yun (pictured), 27, was murdered in her Springvale house in Melbourne on October 15, 1987
A man has been found guilty of a cold case murder of a woman who's half-naked body was found in her sewing room over 30 years ago.
Perth father Meth Mean, 51, was convicted over the murder of Ranny Yun, 27, in her Springvale house in Melbourne on October 15, 1987.
He faced the Victorian Supreme Court on Wednesday after DNA secretly taken in 2017 matched semen found on Ms Yun's genitals.
Mean is the cousin of Ms Yun's husband and once lived in the same house as the Yun family.
'The accused murdered the deceased in the course of a sexual assault,' crown prosecutor Nanette Rogers SC told the jury in March.
Mean and Ms Yun were both refugees who fled the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia
Perth father Meth Mean (pictured), 51, was found guilty of the cold case murder at the Victorian Supreme Court on Wednesday
Ms Yun was home alone on the afternoon she was killed.
Her 13-year-old cousin Rada found her dead body in her sewing room, naked from the waist down, with severe head injuries and wounds to her throat and chin.
Rada, now in her 40s, said there was tension and 'agitations' when she and Ms Yun lived with the Mean family in 2018.
'I just remember that there were agitations between Ranny and Meth, but it was just little family problems.'
Ms Yun (pictured) had fled the genocidal regime in Cambodia and was home alone on the afternoon she was killed
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The defence argued Mean was only 14 at the time of the crime as he has no birth certificate.
The prosecution said he was aged between 18 and 20, which was supported by witnesses.
Mean's lawyer argued he was not the killer and that semen was left at the scene after Ms Yun's murder.
He is due to be sentenced at a later date and his matter will be heard next on May 29.
Mean was arrested in 2017 after secretly taken DNA matched semen found on Ms Yun's genitals
The cold case stumped detectives for 30 years despite offering a $50,000 reward.
Homicide squad Detective Senior Sergeant John Ashby at the time said she was responsible for several executions for the Khmer Rouge.
'It could have been a payback murder and people may be fearful about coming forward with information because of possible reprisals,' he said.
Ms Yun's younger cousin Rada, who is now in her 40s, told police in 2010 her cousin was killed 'the Asian way'.
'I used to live in the Khmer Rouge regime, and this is how people were killed,' she said.
'I've seen how people got killed and hit from behind.'
Ms Yun's (pictured) dead body was found in her sewing room, naked from the waist down, with severe head injuries and wounds to her throat and chin by her 13-year-old cousin
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