Man who stabbed partner to death in kitchen pleads guilty to murder

Court told DV ‘monster’ remains ‘human being’

A DV “monster” who repeatedly stabbed his partner with scissors and a syringe, cut her hair, gouged her eyes, and squirted blood in her face has been told he “remained a human being” by a Kalgoorlie magistrate.

Man who stabbed partner to death in kitchen pleads guilty to murder

Van Thanh Vu pleads guilty to murdering his partner in their family home in Canberra's north in 2023.

Man admits to stabbing murder of partner 18 months after her death

Van Thanh Vu pleads guilty to stabbing murder of partner in Bruce, faces sentencing in 2025.

Van Vu admits murdering partner Thi Thuy Huong Nguyen in Bruce

Police officers examine the scene at Kinloch Crescent in Bruce in October 2023. Photo: Ian Bushnell. The man accused of stabbing his partner to death in northern Canberra has admitted murdering her on the week he had originally been scheduled to face a trial. Van Thanh Vu was accused of killing 65-year-old Thi Thuy Huong Nguyen at a home in Kinloch Crescent, Bruce, on 23 October 2023. He originally pleaded not guilty and had been scheduled to fa…