Australian academic gets 24 years in prison for stabbing Chinese wife to death
- Chen Cheng was found lying in a pool of blood after being stabbed multiple times by Adam Brown following a fight over kindergarten arrangements
- Brown, who married Chen in China in 2017, said his wife had attacked him with a knife. The judge rejected his claim that he was defending himself
Adam Brown, a lecturer in media and gender studies at Deakin University, pleaded guilty last year to the murder of Chen Cheng inside their Melbourne home.
Chen was found lying in a pool of blood after being stabbed with a kitchen knife multiple times following a physical altercation with Brown over their two-year-old son’s kindergarten arrangements.
As the confrontation between the knife-wielding couple escalated in April 2022, the pair moved to the backyard where Brown stabbed her multiple times, including in the neck and chest, prosecutors said.
Neighbours heard the 35-year-old screaming and gathered outside the home until Brown let them in. Their attempts to resuscitate Chen were futile and paramedics later pronounced her dead at the scene.