Lilie James remembered as ‘vibrant’ and ‘adored by all’ as elite Sydney school reassures parents

Heartbroken family issue statement and thank community for support after 21-year-old killed at St Andrew's Cathedral school

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Friends, family and colleagues are remembering the Sydney water polo coach and university student Lilie James for her bright, bubbly personality", as students prepare to return next week to the elite private school where she was murdered.

James, 21, was found dead with serious head injuries in a bathroom attached to the St Andrew's Cathedral school gymnasium at about midnight on Wednesday.