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Jealous ex-boyfriend Paul Thijssen, 24, laid a trap forcing 21-year-old Lilie James to ...
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Jealous Trap Leads to Brutal Murder of Lilie JamesIn October 2023, 21-year-old Lilie James was fatally attacked by her ex-boyfriend inside a school disabled toilet in Sydney.
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- Paul Thijssen meticulously planned the killing of Lilie James, setting a trap in a school gym’s disabled bathroom.
- He blocked other toilets with a cleaning sign to force Lilie to use the targeted facility, where he struck her with a hammer.
- Thijssen secured the scene by locking automatic doors and rehearsed the attack several hours earlier.
- After anonymously calling emergency services, he died shortly afterward in an apparent suicide.
If you go into the school there is a entrance on the left of the reception area, where there is a sports department. And there is a bathroom , on the right hand side, where there is a body.— Paul Thijssen, during an emergency call to New South Wales emergency services reporting Lilie James' death
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