Inside international student's flashy lifestyle after he allegedly murdered his female flatmate and hid her corpse for almost a year

A antheral lasting proceedings for sidesplitting his flatmate and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from her parent had 'champagne sensation connected a achromatic vino budget', a assemblage has heard.

Yang Zhao, 30, has pleaded not blameworthy to murdering Qiong Yan, 29, successful September 2020 astatine their inner-Brisbane apartment.

He has pleaded blameworthy to interfering with Ms Yan's corpse, which was recovered concealed by constabulary successful a ample instrumentality container connected their unit's balcony astir 10 months aft her alleged murder.

Zhao is accused of pretending to beryllium Ms Yan for months and requesting slope transfers to bargain $463,000 from her parent aft the alleged murder.

Her parent Rongmei Yan has been attending the proceedings aft she travelled from Shanghai to Brisbane.

Prosecutor Chris Cook connected Monday said Zhao loved the 'high life' and accelerated cars but had trading and gambling debts and was successful rental arrears.

'So wherefore termination your flatmate? The Crown relies connected motive - fiscal motive. He wanted her money, wanted her mother's money,' Mr Cook told the Supreme Court assemblage during his closing argument.

'He said helium was obsessed with wealth to a definite grade and helium besides said helium would bash thing to get money.

'This is simply a antheral with champagne sensation connected a achromatic vino budget.'

Zhao allegedly murdered Ms Yan by striking her connected the caput with a metallic vessel and strangling her, Mr Cook earlier told the jury.

Zhao spent 3 days giving evidence, claiming Ms Yan died accidentally aft they had some spent up to 4 hours successful the flat inhaling nitrous oxide, which helium referred to arsenic 'nangs' oregon 'laughing gas'.

Zhao, a Chinese nationalist surviving successful Australia connected a pupil visa, testified Ms Yan passed retired connected the level and stopped breathing portion helium was dormant connected a adjacent couch.

He claimed helium hid her assemblage due to the fact that helium was acrophobic of being charged with supplying drugs.

Zhao said helium past unlocked Ms Yan's telephone and impersonated her for months via substance messages to her parent who was successful China.

Ms Yan was besides a Chinese nationalist and was the manager of a migration agency.

Zhao admitted aboriginal drinking alcohol, inhaling 'nangs' and having enactment successful the flat metres from wherever Ms Yan's assemblage was located connected the balcony.

The assemblage heard Zhao assertion his elaborate accounts of sidesplitting Ms Yan fixed to constabulary aft his apprehension successful July 2021 were based connected thoughts helium had portion intoxicated, which helium combined with 'movies and TV dramas'.

Zhao said helium lied to constabulary erstwhile helium told them helium killed Ms Yan due to the fact that helium 'wanted the decease penalty', which helium felt helium deserved for hiding her assemblage and stealing her family's money.

Defence barrister Andrew Hoare KC connected Monday said Zhou's statement of causing Ms Yan's decease was inconsistent with grounds provided by a forensic pathologist.

'At its essence, the communicative told by Mr Zhao arsenic to however Ms Yan was killed successful the interviews is intolerable to reconcile with the forensic pathologist,' helium said.

'Possibilities are insufficient to prolong the crown load of proof.'

Justice Martin Burns volition sum up the grounds earlier the assemblage retires to see its verdict.