Dead mum named as man appears on charge

A woman killed in her South Auckland home before Christmas can now be named as Xi Wang, 34, after courtordered suppression was lifted.

The Flat Bush mum-of-one died on December 10 after being violently attacked in her home.

A 33-year-old man appeared in the High Court at Auckland yesterday charged with one count of murder.

He is Ephraim Beazley, her former partner and the father of her child.

At his first court appearance in the Manukau District Court, on December 12, a suppression order prohibited the publication of his and Wang’s names and “details of the charge”.

Yesterday in the High Court Justice Simon Moore lifted the order.

It is understood the couple’s toddler was at home with Wang at the time of the fatal attack.

Hours before she died Wang posted photos on Facebook showing her having dinner with her son.

In one shot, the pair appear to “cheers” each other — she with a glass of red wine and he with his milk cup.

Court papers show Beazley lives in Rotorua and works as a farmer.

It is understood he and Wang had been separated for some time.

The night Wang died, police were called to her home just after 10pm.

She was unconscious, with a number of serious wounds. A source said she had been stabbed many times all over her head and body.

At the time, Detective Inspector Tofilau Faa Va’aelua said she was taken to Middlemore Hospital but her injuries were too severe and she died.

While officers were at the scene, a man contacted police claiming responsibility for the violent attack.

Va’aelua said officers found the man in Botany and he was taken to the Manukau Police Station.

Beazley was later charged with murder.