Lian Bin \"Robert\" Xie and his wife Kathy Lin in a file picture. Photo: Danielle Smith <\/p>\n
The man accused of murdering five members of the Lin family allegedly had \"numerous\" conversations about the crime with a fellow prison inmate who gained his trust, telling him where he bought the hammer and rope used in the attack and where they were hidden, a court has heard. <\/p>\n
The accused murderer and his fellow inmate allegedly referred to the scheme as Plan B a bold strategy that was only to be pursued if \"things go really bad\". <\/p>\n
But the NSW Supreme Court heard on Monday that one of the men was playing a very different game. <\/p>\n
Lian Bin Robert Xie is on trial for the murder of Min \"Norman\" Lin, 45; Mr Lins wife, Yun \"Lily\" Li Lin, 44; their sons Henry, 12, and Terry, 9; and Ms Lin's sister, Yun Bin \"Irene\" Yin, 39, in Boundary Road, Epping, in the early hours of July 18, 2009. <\/p>\n
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The court heard on Monday that, after being arrested, the 50-year-old was caught in a carefully planned police sting designed to flush out vital information about his involvement in the crime. <\/p>\n
Crown prosecutor Mark Tedeschi, QC, told the jury that a prisoninmate, known as \"Witness A\",would give evidence about 21 separate conversations he had with Mr Xie over the course of 18 months they spent in neighbouring cells inLongBayjail from mid-2011. <\/p>\n
These allegedly included discussions about two plots - both known as 'Plan B' - by which Mr Xie would allegedlyframe dead people for the murdersby planting theirDNAat the crime scene or on amurder weapon. <\/p>\n
The court heard that Witness A told the accused killer that he had a contact inside a funeral parlour called \"Harry\" who could find a body whoseDNAcould be put on the murder weapon, the location of which would then be leaked to police. <\/p>\n
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