Man charged with domestic violence murder - Bondi Beach
Where: Chambers Avenue, Bondi Beach, the street the release names · See the street on the map
The release
A man has been charged over the alleged fatal stabbing of an elderly woman in Sydney’s east yesterday.
About 5.15pm (Saturday 19 September 2026), emergency services were called to a unit on Chambers Avenue, Bondi Beach, following reports of a stabbing.
Officers attached to Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command attended and found a 90-year-old woman with significant injuries to her torso.
She was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics; however, died at the scene.
A 47-year-old man – known to the 90-year-old woman – was arrested at the home and taken to Surry Hills Police Station.
Police established a crime scene, and detectives commenced inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Following inquiries, police charged the 47-year-old man with murder (DV).
He was refused bail to appear before Bail Division Local Court 6 today (Sunday 20 September 2026).
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Waverley council area
Waverley is a council area in New South Wales with about 73,345 residents. It has a Crime Score 45 out of 100 (moderate), 212th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by homicide (91st percentile), robbery (72nd percentile), assault (32nd percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 43.
- Violent
- 907 per 100k
- Property
- 2,708 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 168 per 100k
- Theft
- 1,624 per 100k
See the full Waverley crime profile
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