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Uni student ‘stripped, gagged, bound’ before death

She was then allegedly stabbed by her uncle before being dumped in a blowhole.
Uni student ‘stripped, gagged, bound’ before death

Chinese university student Michelle Leng was stripped naked, gagged and bound before she was allegedly stabbed by her uncle and then dumped in a blowhole.

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Police revealed in court on Wednesday that they found photos of the 25-year-old woman bound with duct tape around her wrists and across her mouth on a mobile phone linked to her uncle, Derek Barrett, Sydney Morning Herald reports.

Police laid 27 additional charges against Mr Barrett including detaining for advantage, committing an act of indecency and filming private parts without consent.

Michelle Leng’s uncle, Derek Barrett

Previously, he had been charged with murder.

Ms Leng had lived with her 48-year-old aunt and her aunt’s husband, Barrett, since she arrived in Australia.

Police believe she was killed at the home after returning from a shopping trip that day.

Her body was found by a tourist in a blowhole at Snapper Point in New South Wales on the morning of April 24, three days after she went missing.

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