Xie emotional as Lin friend speaks

A FORMER employee of murdered Sydney newsagent Min Lin said that after his death there had been family tension over who would run the business.

Min Lin, 45 and his wife Lily, 44, her sister Irene, 39, and their two sons Henry, 12 and Terry, nine, were killed in their North Epping home in Sydney's northwest in July 2009.

The Crown alleges the boys' uncle Lian Bin "Robert" Xie carried out the killings in the early hours of July 18, 2009.

Xie has pleaded not guilty.

Speaking at his Supreme Court trial on Wednesday, Jimmy Hua a former employee of Mr Lin said the 45-year-old was "a good man, very nice".

Mr Hua told the Supreme Court through an interpreter that after the newsagent's death there had been questions raised over the right of Xie's wife Kathy to run the business.

"Kathy's parents did not think that Kathy is one of the Lin family. But Robert said Kathy is one of the Lin family so she can run the business," Mr Hua said.

He said Kathy ran the newsagency from August 2009 until the second half of 2011 and that he worked for her during that period.

His evidence came after neighbours told the court they heard unusual shouting around 10.30pm on July 17, 2009.

Pamela Burgess said she and her partner Nigel Kelty were used to hearing yelling from their immediate neighbours who were "arguing quite a lot" at that time.

But that night she said "it wasn't the same as we were used to hearing, and that is why it was unusual. I don't actually know which direction it came from but it definitely wasn't next door".

"I don't know whether they were speaking English, I couldn't tell," she added later.

Earlier on Wednesday, Xie - who maintains his innocence - became emotional as a friend of Henry Lin described how the 12-year-old talked about his "uncle Robert" constantly on the internet chat program MSN.

"He talked about his uncle Robert a lot and talked in terms of respecting Robert's badminton ability ... and wanted to practise with uncle Robert as much as he would allow him?" Xie's barrister Graham Turnbull SC asked her.

"Yes," she replied.

The trial continues.

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