Face of Nation : Ranny Yun, 27, was sexually assaulted, stabbed multiple times, and had her throat cut in October 1987. Meth Mean, now aged in his late 40s or early 50s, was found guilty of the cold-case murder in May after police in 2017 matched his DNA with semen found on Ms Yun’s body.
Mean – also a Cambodian refugee – denies killing the young woman. At a pre-sentence hearing in August, Supreme Court Justice Jane Dixon said Mean – a married man with four daughters – had lived a law-abiding life as a family man in Western Australia since the killing.
“But his failure to accept responsibility in any way, shape or form, or express remorse, detracts from that submission,” she said. During the jury trial, lawyers argued Mean was only 14 at the time of Ms Yun’s death.
However, it is now accepted Mean was more likely aged between 17 and 19, with that claim supported by witnesses in the absence of a birth certificate. Justice Dixon is scheduled to sentence Mean on Friday afternoon.
