Bodies in suitcases suspecte appears in New Zealand court

 A woman who was extradited from south korea this this week after the bodies of her two children were found in abandoned suitcases has made her first court appearance in New Zealand  

wellington New Zealand a woman who was extradited from South Korea this week after the bodies of her to children were found in abandoned suitcases made her frist court appearance in New Zealand on Wednesday 

The 42 year old woman has been charged with two counts of murder she was not required to enter a plea during the brief procedural hearing at the manukau district court  

The judge imposed a temporary order that keeps money details of the case secret including the names of the woman and the victims the judge allowed it to be reported that the suspect was the children s mother according to the New Zealand herald 

If found guilty the woman would face a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment although she would become eligible for parole after a minimum 10 year 

In court the woman were a tan jacket over a black t shirt according to the herald the woman through an interpreter asked the judge is she could speak with him before the woman s lawyer stepped in to shy it would be better if she didn’t with which the judge agreed 

The woman left the courtroom after less than five minutes and will remain jailed until her next court appearance on dec.14.

The case horrified many people in New Zealand after the children’s bodies were discovered in august when Auckland family bought abandoned goods including tho suitcases from a storage unit in an online auction 

The children were between 5 and 10 years old had been dead for years and the suitcases had been in storage in Auckland for at least three or four years according to New Zealand Police 

South korean police say the woman was born in South Korea and later moved to New Zealand where she gained citizenship immigration records show she returned to South Korea in 2018

South Korean police first arrested the woman at a southern port city in September the Seoul high court then granted approval of her extradition after she expressed her concent in writing to be sent back to now Zealand earlier this month South Korea justice minister Han dogng hoon issued an order for the woman to be extradited 

The woman was handed over to three New Zealand police officers Monday evening at the incheon international airport near Seoul South Korea s  justice Minister said it also provided New Zealand with unspecified important evidence in the case 

With the extradition we hope that the truth of the case which has garnered worldwide attention will be revealed through the fair and strict judicial process of New Zealand the ministry said in a statement 

South Korean police had said it was suspected the woman could be the mother of the two victims as her past address in New Zealand was registered to the storage unit where the suitcases were kept 

New Zealand authorities said the family that ended up purchasing the suitcases and other abandoned storage items had nothing to do with the case