Robert Xie faces sentencing hearing for five murders
Robert Xie was found guilty of killing five of his wife's family members by a jury in January. (AAP)
After being found guilty last month of murdering five family members, Robert Xie is today due to face a sentence hearing in the NSW Supreme Court.
After a six-month trial, the jury found he used a hammer-like object to inflict horrific head injuries on his wife's relatives in the bedrooms of their Sydney home in the early hours of July 18, 2009.
The victims were his newsagent brother-in-law Min Lin, 45, his wife Lily, 43, her sister Irene, 39 and the Lins' two sons, Henry, 12, and Terry, nine.
The Crown contended he was fuelled by resentment and humiliation at his perceived "inferior" status in the extended family.
After the majority verdicts were delivered in January after eight days of deliberation, Xie maintained his innocence, declaring "I did not murder the Lin family".
Justice Elizabeth Fullerton is expected to hear sentencing submissions from the Crown and the defence today.
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