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- Mamdouh Noufl has been missing since May last year.
- Noufl’s wife, Nirmeen, has been charged with murder.
- She allegedly tried to cover up the crime with false information after disposing of the body.
A woman who allegedly butchered and disposed of her husband’s body before impersonating him on social media to cover up his death has been charged with murder.
NSW Police appealed for information during their search for 62-year-old Mamdouh Noufl in August 2023 – he had not been seen since May that year.
His disappearance was deemed suspicious after officers were called to a home on Juno Parade in Greenacre in Sydney’s west following a concern about the welfare report of family friends.
Nearly 18 months later, 53-year-old Nirmeen Noufl is in custody, charged with her husband’s murder. She was formally denied bail by the court on Friday and will return in December.
Noufl’s death was “brutal, macabre and bizarre”, NSW Police Homicide Detective Inspector Danny Doherty said, adding police have enough evidence to claim his wife killed him.
Alleged attempts to cover up crime
“We will also allege that she butchered and dismembered his body, placed his body parts in plastic bags and then dumped his remains in various rubbish bins in residential and industrial areas in Sydney’s south-west,” Det Supt Doherty said on Saturday .
“His remains have never been located and I doubt they ever will.”
Noufl allegedly tried to cover up the crime by spinning a web of lies and misinformation after disposing of the body.
“We will allege that the suspect took over Mamdouh’s phone and social media accounts on the belief that he would still be alive,” Det Supt Doherty said.
“That probably delayed some of the investigation and was probably also a ruse to cover up the fact that he had been murdered.”
Noufl’s bank accounts were used after his disappearance until police began an investigation.
Noufl allegedly received significant financial benefit from her husband’s death, Det Supt Doherty said.
Police will allege that “she is a person who manipulates people and manipulates the truth,” he added.
Noufl was arrested on Thursday after admitting herself to an acute mental health unit at Bankstown Hospital, Detective Constable Doherty said. The house in Greenacre was also investigated on Thursday.
Police cannot specifically describe how Noufl died
Police will claim it was thoroughly cleaned and new floors laid after Noufl was murdered and dismembered with knives and an electric saw.
Homicide detectives took over the investigation in January and were assisted by the NSW Crime Commission.
Police could not specifically describe how Noufl died, only that his wife was reportedly solely responsible for deliberately killing him.
There were no records of previous interactions with police regarding domestic violence, Detective Doherty said.
The couple had eight children, who are adults, but it is believed none of them were involved.
“They lost their father in a brutal and macabre way,” Det Supt Doherty said.
Noufl has retained her right to remain silent.
If convicted, she could spend the rest of her life in prison under laws that prevent the early release of killers who refuse to cooperate in the search for the remains.
The laws were introduced in NSW in 2022 following the conviction of former teacher and rugby league player Chris Dawson for the murder of his wife Lynette.
Her remains have not been found since her disappearance in 1982.
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