Lilie James victim of ‘calculated premeditated killing’ by ex-boyfriend, coroner finds after inquest

James was murdered in October 2023 at St Andrew’s cathedral school in Sydney by her former boyfriend Paul Thijssen ‘in context of gendered violence’

A coronial inquest into the murder of Lilie James by her ex-boyfriend Paul Thijssen has found she died from multiple blunt force injuries in a premeditated homicide.

The 21-year-old’s death was “a result of homicide in the context of domestic
violence and gendered violence”, the New South Wales state coroner, Teresa O’Sullivan, said when delivering her findings.

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