Murder accused in court again today

A 22-year-old Chinese man will reappear in the Hamilton District Court today charged with kidnapping and murdering two English-language students.

The man, who has interim name suppression, was arrested on Friday night after police found the body of Chinese woman Jia Ye, 20, in the boot of a car.

The discovery came four days after her boyfriend, Wenbin Sun, 20, was found dead in a Hamilton home.

The man appeared in court on Saturday. He faces two counts of murder, two of breaking and entering and one of unlawfully detaining Jia Ye.