The South Korean woman charged after the bodies of two children were found in suitcases can now be named, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Hakyung Lee, 42, can now be named as the children’s mother. She has pleaded not guilty to two charges of murder and is set to go to trial at the High Court at Auckland in 2024.

Lee was previously declined name suppression at the High Court and on Wednesday the Court of Appeal also ruled against it,

Lee was earlier extradited from South Korea after an international hunt.

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