Lesbian lover admits killing her ex-girlfriend after relatives found her dead on a footpath behind a Sydney apartment block
- Zixi Wang has pleaded guilty to murdering her ex-girlfriend Shuyu Zhou in 2019
- Ms Zhou was found dead on a footpath at the back of 11-story complex in June
- Neighbours report hearing screams before body's woman was discovered
- Wang, 30, will appear in court again to be sentenced on September 14
Relatives of a Sydney woman found dead at the base of a unit block have watched her murderer confess to the crime in court.
Zixi 'Jessie' Wang, 30, appeared in the NSW Supreme Court on Friday via video link from prison and pleaded guilty to murdering her ex-girlfriend Shuyu Zhou.
Ms Zhou, 23, was found with critical injuries on a footpath at the back of an 11-storey complex on Rose Valley Way in Zetland in June 2019.
She died at the scene.
Zixi 'Jessie' Wang, 30, (pictured) appeared in the NSW Supreme Court on Friday via video link from prison and pleaded guilty to murdering her ex-girlfriend Shuyu Zhou
Forensics officers inspect the railings the woman went over before falling to her death
Neighbours reported hearing screams before the woman's body was discovered.
Wang fled the scene in a white Mercedes Benz.
She was spotted near the car in Wollongong the next day and has been in custody since.
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Ms Zhou's mother was one of three people who tuned in via video link to see Wang plead, the court heard on Friday.
Justice Elizabeth Fullerton addressed the family after adjourning the case to September 14 for sentence.
'I am very hopeful you will be able to attend that hearing in person - that is you won't have to dial in,' she said.
The sentencing judge will consider a contested bid by the Crown to tender CCTV footage related to the incident, the court was told.
Wang will be sentenced for the murder on September 14. She fled the scene in a Mercedes Benz after the incident
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