
Australian man found guilty of killing B.C.’s Tatiana Dokhotaru in front of young son
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Danny Zayat was charged with killing his ex-girlfriend, 34-year-old Tatiana Dokhotaru. Dokhotaru moved to Australia in 2012 and the couple had a son together.
WARNING: This story contains descriptions of domestic violence. Discretion is advised.
A Sydney, Australia, man has been found guilty of murdering a B.C. woman in her apartment in 2023.
Danny Zayat was charged with the killing of his ex-girlfriend, 34-year-old Tatiana Dokhotaru. Dokhotaru moved to Australia in 2012, and the couple had a son together.
Dokhotaru’s body was found in an apartment in the Liverpool suburb on May 27, 2023, one day after she was killed, according to the New South Wales Police Force.
According to a pathologist who testified at the trial, Dokhotaru’s cause of death was blunt force head injury, which the Crown said was a result of one or more blows, in combination with a fall.
Dokhotaru’s friend, Amber Haleta, travelled to Sydney for the trial and said that when the verdict came down, she just started screaming.
“I just couldn’t help but, I was screaming, jumping up and down,” she told Global News.
“I knew that this was going to be the verdict, but it is a jury, and you’re just trying to convince 12 people of the same thing. It’s a lot harder than just one judge.”









