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Duncan Murray

Body-in-bags victim allegedly had 'fiance' overseas

Police allege Nirmeen Noufl dismembered her husband's body and dumped it in neighbourhood bins. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

A woman who allegedly killed and dismembered her husband using kitchen knives and a drop-saw might have done so to escape their abusive and controlling marriage, a court has been told.

Nirmeen Noufl was denied bail during a hearing in the NSW Supreme Court on Thursday, during which a history of significant domestic abuse between her and husband, 62-year-old Mamdouh Noufl, was revealed.

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