Decomposing body found after 'foul play' A Sydney man whose decomposing body was found in bushland northwest of Sydney had previously been jailed for throwing 2kg of meth out a car window. AAP · Aug 30, 2022
Hongli Qi's decomposed body found by council workers at Blaxlands Ridge west of Sydney Police try to track Sydney man Hongli Qi's last movements after he disappeared in May and his body was found by chance in bushland by council workers months later. ABC News · Aug 30, 2022
Appeal over Hamzy father, son murder Police have charged two people after launching an investigation into the killings of Toufik and Salim Hamzy, who were shot in Sydney's west last year. AAP · Aug 29, 2022
Sydney news: Police release CCTV footage of dead man Hongli Qi, last seen in May in Sydney MORNING BRIEFING: Detectives reveal CCTV footage of Hongli Qi's movements in May, after his decomposed body was found by council workers in bushland in the Hawkesbury. ABC News · Aug 29, 2022
The 2014 Sydney murder that led to the dramatic arrest of Comanchero bikie kingpin Tarek Zahed In 2014, Youssef Assoum was found shot and stabbed just metres from a south-west Sydney hospital. Now, the man who just months ago was clinging to life has been charged with his murder. ABC News · Aug 29, 2022
Tarek Zahed given 'reception that was deserved' in public arrest over alleged 2014 murder, police say The state's homicide squad boss says using beanbag rounds to shoot out the windows of the car of an alleged murderer in Sydney's eastern suburbs was "proportionate" as they believed he could be armed. ABC News · Aug 29, 2022
Comanchero boss Zahed charged with murder Comanchero bikie boss Tarek Zahed, who was nearly killed in a shooting that took his brother's life in May, has been charged with the murder of a man in 2014. AAP · Aug 28, 2022
Man charged with cold case murder of 13yo Arthur Haines in Waterloo house fire Gregory John Walker was extradited from Queensland to face charges over the fatal fire in inner Sydney that police allege was the result of a dispute between neighbours. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that the following story contains images of a person who has died. ABC News · Aug 19, 2022
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb defends force's gangland murder record NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb says solving a murder is not as quick and easy as it appears on television, as the weekend's double murder of two women adds to a list of unsolved cases. ABC News · Aug 18, 2022
Lametta Fadlallah, Amy Hazouri identified as women shot dead in Sydney's south-west Tributes are being paid to a Sydney hairdresser believed to be an innocent party caught up in a targeted shooting in the city's south-west at the weekend. ABC News · Aug 15, 2022
Revenge attack fear after Sydney shootings Police say the execution-style murder of two women in Sydney has violated a criminal underworld precedent that women are never targeted in attacks. AAP · Aug 14, 2022
NSW man extradited from Thailand and charged with murder of Bradley Dillon in Sydney car park A man is extradited from Thailand to face murder charges over the 2014 death of Bradley Dillon, who died in a Leichhardt shopping centre car park after being shot. ABC News · Jul 23, 2022
Teen's murder sparked by schoolboys' fight The murder of an 18-year-old aspiring lawyer in 2020 was sparked by a fight between teenage boys on Valentine's Day, which quickly escalated into gun violence. AAP · May 25, 2022
Tip-off from former cult member leads to arrest of woman over alleged 1987 murder of two-year-old girl near Oberon A woman is extradited to Sydney from New Zealand following a cold case police investigation into the suspected murder of a two-year-old girl 35 years ago. ABC News · May 12, 2022
ABC News · May 11, 2022 How Sydney's 'Balenciaga bikie' Tarek Zahed and his brother became the city's latest underworld targets Underworld enforcer Tarek Zahed's profile has been on the rise — now he's fighting for his life after ignoring repeated warnings from police there was a bounty on his head.
AAP · Apr 30, 2022 Men arrested on way to Sydney gang funeral Two men have been arrested after being pulled over while on their way to the funeral of an underworld figure gunned down in a Sydney street.
ABC News · Apr 28, 2022 Sydney's gangland strike force lays more than 800 charges since its creation as they hunt latest killers Strike Force Hawk, the mega operation set up to target gangland violence, lays more than 800 charges against 251 people since its creation last year, as the killers of latest victim Mahmoud "Brownie" Ahmad are still on the run.
AAP · Apr 25, 2022 $1m reward in Amber Haigh murder mystery NSW Police have upped the reward for information into the disappearance and suspected murder of teenager Amber Haigh nearly two decades ago to $1 million.
ABC News · Apr 19, 2022 Witnesses to Sydney Royal Easter Show fatal stabbing urged to hand over footage Police urge witnesses who filmed the stabbing of 17-year-old Uati ‘Pele’ Felatolu at the Sydney Royal Easter Show last week to come forward, saying it is "not the time to stay silent".
AAP · Apr 19, 2022 Police plead for help after show stabbing Misguided loyalties and a code of silence from witnesses are frustrating the investigation into the stabbing death of a teen at Sydney's Royal Easter Show.
ABC News · Apr 16, 2022 Police offer reward to identify decapitated man dumped off Sydney highway 25 years ago Police are offering a $500,000 reward for information relating to a gruesome Sydney murder 25 years ago where the victim's head was dumped in a shopping bag.
AAP · Jan 25, 2022 NSW girl Charlise Mutten was shot dead A post mortem has revealed nine-year-old Charlise Mutten died from a gunshot wound before her body was found in a barrel near a river northwest of Sydney.
ABC News · Jan 25, 2022 NSW Police say Charlise Mutten died after being shot, likely at Mount Wilson property NSW Police release specific details of Charlise Mutten's death in the hope it will help them fill "significant" gaps in the time line of her alleged murder.