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Luke Costin and Maureen Dettre

Manslaughter charges over NSW flood deaths

A Sydney man faces possible jail time over the deaths of two men swept from a ute said to have been crossing an inland creek during the recent NSW floods.

Jawad Al Hussein, 41, was charged on Wednesday with two counts of manslaughter seven weeks after allegedly attempting to negotiate a causeway on swollen Prestons Creek at Bevendale, west of Goulburn.

The vehicle was swept by floodwaters into the waterway, police said at the time.

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