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New York Post
28-04-2025
- New York Post
Not-so-talented ‘Mr. Ripley' allegedly had trouble killing roomie in ID fraud scheme: ‘Why won't you die?'
A man in Australia tried to pull a not-so-talented 'Mr. Ripley' by killing his wealthy female roommate, cramming her corpse into a 'body box' and then stealing her identity to net $700,00, authorities say. 'Why won't you die?'' annoyed sicko Yang Zhao hissed as he fatally choked Qiong Yan, 29, according to prosecutors. Zhao, 30, who went on trial in a Queensland court Monday for the slaying, allegedly killed Yan in the Brisbane suburb of Hamilton in 2020 and took over her identity to pay off his heavy gambling debt and market losses. His twisted scheme included bilking his dead victim's unsuspecting mom out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by posing as her daughter — and selling off Yan's $300,000 Porsche Panamera SUV, officials said. Advertisement 3 Qiong Yan, 29, was fatally strangled, and her body was then stuffed in a large tool box. Queensland Police Service '[Zhao] needed money. He lost money. He killed [Yan]. He posed as her for a while. He took her money,' Crown prosecutor Chris Cook told the court. 'Murdering for money can be a profitable crime if you get away with it.'' Advertisement Zhao, a Chinese national who overstayed his student visa, brutally beat and strangled Yan, also a Chinese national who worked as a migration agency director, reports said. The jury Monday watched video from Zhao's interrogation with police after cops discovered Yan's body in July 2021. 'I sat in front of her and hit her on her head three times,' Zhao said in the chilling footage. 'I think I go crazy. I ask her why she wouldn't die.'' 3 Authorities say this is the blue tool box where the victim's remains were hidden. 9 News Australia Advertisement He went to a nearby hardware store at some point, bought a large toolbox, workman gloves and duct tape — and went about concealing his victim's body, according to prosecutors. He later told cops he stashed the corpse in a 'body box,'' what he called the oversized 6-gallon toolbox in which police found Yan's badly decomposed remains. While keeping the victim's body hidden and pretending to be her, Zhao used Yan's phone and banking apps to steal and also con her family and friends, authorities said. 3 Suspect Yang Zhao is taken into custody. 9 News Australia Advertisement The unemployed Zhao allegedly sent 2,000 texts pretending to be Yan to carry out the plot, which involved ID theft akin to the 1999 hit eerie flick 'The Talented Mr. Ripley.'' Zhao's scheme only unraveled when one of Yan's friends thought some of those texts were growing increasingly odd and went to police. The jury saw a photograph that investigators took of Yan's body when they found it in the toolbox in July 2021 — shoved under a black sheet with one of her feet exposed. Zhao originally told police that the killing was part of a suicide pact. He has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge but copped to interfering with Yan's corpse. His lawyer, Andrew Hoare, encouraged the jury to pay close attention to how Zhao described Yan's death during the police interviews. 'You may think that event is unique to Mr Zhao to such an extent that those facts out to be etched indelibly in Mr Zhao's memory,' Hoare said. 'Some parts of the interview got to the point that Mr. Zhao's memory was not as indelible as you would expect from a person who was recounting true events.'
Express Tribune
24-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Andrew Scott opens up about medical emergency during 2020 SAG awards at this year's ceremony
Andrew Scott has shared a shocking revelation about his past SAG Awards experience, recalling how he was rushed out of the 2020 ceremony in an ambulance after suffering from a kidney stone. The 48-year-old Ripley star, attending the 2025 SAG Awards in Los Angeles on 23 February, reflected on the unforgettable moment. Speaking to Variety, he revealed that during the 2020 awards, while standing beside Phoebe Waller-Bridge, he suddenly experienced excruciating pain. 'I was beside Phoebe and Laura Dern had just won best supporting actress. We were standing up,' Scott explained. 'I don't know if anyone has ever experienced having a kidney stone before, but it sends you — the pain is so immediate.' Scott, who had suffered from kidney stones before, immediately recognised the symptoms. As Waller-Bridge brought him water and Dern concluded her speech, he realised he needed medical attention. Within moments, he was rushed to hospital. 'I was in the back [of the room]… writhing around in agony,' he recalled. Despite the dramatic turn of events, Scott managed to keep the incident private. He declined to disclose further details, joking, 'That's too much. People don't need to know about that. It was grisly.' At this year's SAG Awards, Scott was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series for Ripley. Though he didn't win, his performance in the black-and-white thriller, based on The Talented Mr. Ripley, has received high praise. Scott previously shared that portraying Tom Ripley was mentally and physically demanding. 'I found it mentally and physically really hard. That's just the truth of it,' he said in 2023. Despite the challenges, he embraced the role, determined to bring a fresh take to the iconic character.
The Guardian
23-02-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
USA v Australia: SheBelieves Cup women's football international
Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature — U.S. Women's National Soccer Team (@USWNT) February 23, 2025 Getting in behind the Japanese defence, Colombian talisman Linda Caicedo gave her side their first goal of the tournament just before halftime. Share Share How long has it been since the USWNT made eleven changes to their side between games? Smooth by Carlos Santana, featuring Rob Thomas was top of the Billboard charts the last time it happened, while The Talented Mr. Ripley had supplanted The Green Mile atop the box office. Share Starting XI: Mandy McGlynn, Emily Sams, Korbin Albert, Lynn Biyendolo, Alyssa Thompson, Jaedyn Shaw, Tierna Davidson (C), Emma Sears, Gisele Thompson, Claire Hutton, Crystal Dunn. Subs: McKeown, Nighswonger, Sentor, Heaps, Yohannes, Sonnet, Coffey, Macario, Cooper, Ryan, Fox USWNT boss Emma Hayes, meanwhile, has gone fully Gary Oldman in Léon the Professional. Who's she rotated? EVERYONE. The English coach has 11 changes made to the starting line-up that downed Colombia last week – just the sixth time in the 758-game history of this side that they've changed all eleven players from one game to the next and the first since January, 2000. As part of the young talent being brought through the American setup, 19-year-old Kansas City Current midfielder Hutton will make her international debut, while teenage Angel City defender Thompson has been tapped to make her first-ever international start. McGlynn will receive her second cap, Sams her third, and, on her 24th birthday, Sears her fourth. In her 66th cap, Davidson will wear the armband for the USWNT for the first time. Share Starting XI: Tegan Micah, Winona Heatley, Steph Catley, Caitlin Foord, Mary Fowler, Alanna Kennedy, Hayley Raso, Holly McNamara, Ellie Carpenter, Charlotte Grant, Kyra Cooney-Cross Subs: Arnold, Lincoln, Heyman, Hunt, Prior, Murphy, Torpey, Van Egmond, Yallop, Gaelic, Gorry, Freier As flagged by Tom Sermanni, the interim coach flagging that there would be rotation throughout the tournament coming into it and hinting at changes following the drubbing by Japan, the Matildas have made four changes to the XI that lost 4-0 to the Nadeshiko. There increasing momentum behind her to supplant Mackenzie Arnold for the starting goalkeeper role, Micah gets the start between the posts, while Heatley comes in for Clare Hunt, who had a week to forget between her thrashings at the hands of Arsenal in the North London Derby and then Japan, in defence. In an awkward situation where her lack of minutes at club side Tottenham almost means national team staff need to get some minutes into her, Grant comes in for Tameka Yallop -- suggesting that Steph Catley will kick inside and play centrally in a back five. Most exciting, however, is the return of the Mac; Holly McNamara, the best young talent in the A-League Women and arguably right up there with Fowler and Cooney-Cross in the Australian ranks, coming into the starting XI to make her first start since facing Thailand at the 2022 AFC Women's Asia Cup, a gap of 1122 days enforced by two separate ACL injuries. She replaces Gorry in the XI, albeit she's likely to be deployed much higher up the pitch – thriving as a nine with Melbourne City this season. Share Howdy all, Joey Lynch here and welcome to the Guardian's live coverage this morning's SheBelieves Cup clash between the United States and Australia. Today is the second matchday of the annual invitational tournament, with both sides heading to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona off the back of vastly different experiences in their opening fixtures of the tournament last Thursday in Houston, Texas. Powered by goals from Catarina Macario and Ally Sentnor, the USWNT downed Colombia 2-0 in their first game, extending the unbeaten run they have built across the past 12 months to 21 games. The Australians, in contrast, were smashed by Japan in the preceding fixture, outplayed in every pretty much every facet of the game as they suffered a heavy 4-0 defeat. Kick-off time under the roof in Glendale is at 3pm local/5pm ET/9am AEDT. Share
