"Joshua Michals, 25, of Deptford, denies murdering fellow Goldsmiths student 31-year-old Zhe Wang at her flat in Lewisham, south-east London. The Old Bailey heard Mr Michals put his hands around Ms Wang's neck and stabbed her twice in the face to stop her from attacking him in March 2024. Mr Michals insisted he did not mean to cause her harm, but he felt he had no choice as he thought "she would have tried to kill" him."
"Mr Michals said he met "warm, bubbly" creative writing student Ms Wang when he enrolled at Goldsmiths and went to pick up his student identification. He said they got on well and exchanged numbers. They began to text each other and went on to "hang out" nine or 10 times in the months before her death, the court heard. Mr Michals said they did not introduce each other to any of their friends because Ms Wang wanted to keep the relationship between them."
Joshua Michals, 25, of Deptford, denies murdering 31-year-old Goldsmiths student Zhe Wang, who was found dead at her flat in Lewisham in March 2024. Michals claims he put his hands around Wang's neck and stabbed her twice in the face to stop her from attacking him and says he did not intend to cause harm but believed she would try to kill him. Michals said they met at Goldsmiths, exchanged numbers, and socialised nine or ten times without introducing each other to friends. He said Wang wanted a life partner with spiritual resonance while he sought a casual relationship and described her as a germophobe who cleaned surfaces and requested STD test results before sex.
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