14 Dec 2022

Woman charged over remains found in suitcases pleads not guilty

10:26 am on 14 December 2022
A woman extradited from South Korea has appeared in court in Auckland charged with murdering her two children.

File photo. The woman pictured at her first court appearance. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro

A woman extradited from South Korea charged with murdering her two children has pleaded not guilty in the High Court in Auckland.

She was excused from appearing in court today.

The 42-year-old woman has been remanded in custody since her first court appearance two weeks ago, a day after she arrived from Seoul under police escort.

The children's remains were discovered in August by a family who had bought the contents of an abandoned storage locker in an online auction.

A trial date was set for April 2024.

The woman has interim name suppression.

Details of the prosecution case and the identities of the two children are also suppressed.