St. Andrews Cathedral School where Waterpolo coach Lilie James was murdered, is being immersed in Lockdown over intruder

The private school where water polo coach Lilie James was murdered was deposited in emergency lock after a male intruder one of his buildings entered and endangered staff.

St Andrew’s Cathedral School in Sydney’s CBD was locked up by the police on Monday morning after the burglary by a man who ‘threatened staff and then returned to the campus’.

The man entered the bishop Barry Center of the school in Druitt Street, which is part of the campus of St. Andrews in the neighborhood Sydney Town hall.

Parents were warned about the lock by an SMS from the school.

Lilie James was murdered on October 25, 2023 with a hammer by colleague sports coach, Paul Thijssen, in a toilet near the school’s staff room.

Thijssen then fell or jumped his own life of a cliff in Vaucluse in the eastern suburbs of Sydney.

The private school where water polo coach Lilie James was murdered was deposited in emergency lock after an intruder entered one of his buildings

The police carried out a sweeping of the school after the report of an intruder, but the campus remained in Lockdown

Parents of students at St. Andrews School have been informed that ‘everyone is safe’ after the police have carried out a sweep from the buildings, but the school remains on a high alert.

The NSW police issued a statement on Monday morning and said that ‘a police operation at a school in the CBD of Sydney has now been completed.

‘Officers of Sydney City Police Area Command were present today around 9.45 am (Monday, May 19, 2025), after reports had threatened a man earlier and since then returned to campus.

‘The school was placed in locked and a search for the building, on the corner of the Streets Druitt and Kent, was performed with the help of specialized means.

‘Despite an extensive search for the site, the man could not be found and the Lockdown was lifted.

“An investigation is now underway for the incident and questions continue to find the man.”

St. Andrews School has issued a statement stating that the man who entered an external area of ​​the campus was ‘disoriented’ and left ‘a minute later’.

“The school can confirm that there was no threat of violence and nobody was damaged during the incident, and thank her staff and the NSW police for their professional and calm response.”