Sydney woman allegedly killed and dismembered husband in ‘bizarre’ murder case, police say

Police say the man was reported missing last year and alleged his body was cut up with power tools to hide the remains

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A Sydney woman has been charged with murdering, dismembering and disposing of her husband in bins almost 18 months after he was last seen, in what one detective described as one of the most bizarre" cases police have seen.

New South Wales police have alleged Nirmeen Noufl, 53, intentionally killed and cut up the body of 62-year-old Mamdouh Noufl last year at their family home of more than 10 years in order to hide his remains. The incident is being treated as a domestic violence murder.

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