Killing in the name of…
August 19th, 2005 by RoseNon-Australian readers will no doubt have no clue about this case, but it is one that has captured the hearts of Australians and the headlines of newspapers for many months now.
Some time ago Maria Korp was found near dead after being strangled and left in the boot of her car in Melbourne city. She lay in coma for months and his lover Tania Herman has been convicted and sentenced to nine years jail after pleading guilty to the attempted murder of Mrs Korp. Joe Korp was yet to have been sentenced.
A few weeks ago, authorities decided to remove Maria’s life support after it was clear she was never going to recover – after about two weeks it was expected she would die.
Joe Korp applied to the Court to be able to see Maria before she passed away and the visit was granted.
After the death of Maria Korp, it is understood Joe Korp was only a few weeks away from being charged with murder.
On the day of Maria Korps funeral, Joe Korp hung himself in the garden shed of his home.
Days later and it has become public that his brother Gust Korp knew of his brothers motives and had approached a number of TV stations attempting to sell the story to them and exclusive interviews with Joe before he killed himself.
They declined.
Instead Gust helped his brother make a last video, which alledgedly Joe had asked him to sell after he was gone for a profit to go to his family.
A Supreme Court judge this week made a ruling allowing the release of the video to the Korp family, which Gust Korp was trying to sell to the highest bidder. He wanted the Court order because he felt if he waited too long to try sell it, the case would have lost public interest and not be worth anything.
But the controversial tape, along with a diary penned by Joe Korp, were seized by the State Coroner.
The police have since seized the video as evidence and Gust Korp’s controversial actions will form part of the brief that will go before the Coroner.
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It’s the kind of thing you read about in a suspense novel or watch as a film. I can’t fathom first of all how someone in this day and age, feel the need to KILL their spouse so they can continue a relationship with someone else, then do a complete turn around and want to see her on her death bed and kill themselves claiming it was ’so Maria and I can be together again’.
On top of that the brother knew about his plan to kill himself and gave his blessing! Even sought to profit financially from the death of his own brother.
What a world we live in! Poor Maria, lost her life in such an awful way. At least she is in good Hands now.
