Dutch national Paul Thijssen killed St Andrew’s Cathedral school water polo coach in October 2023 before killing himself in Sydney’s eastern suburbs
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Paul Thijssen forged documents for his visa, lied about his studies and meticulously rehearsed the murder of 21-year-old water polo coach Lilie James, including by staging “dry runs”, a coronial inquest into their deaths has heard.
James’s body was found with serious head injuries in the bathroom of the gymnasium at St Andrew’s Cathedral school, where she worked, in October 2023.
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