Sydney woman admits killing and dismembering husband, escapes murder conviction
Nirmeen Noufl has faced court over the murder of her husband and disposing of his body parts in rubbish bins around the city.
A Sydney woman has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her husband, in a case previously described by police as macabre and bizarre due to the suspected disposal of his remains. Nirmeen Noufl, 55, appeared before a judge via audio-visual link on Wednesday, pleading guilty to manslaughter in the alternative to murdering her husband, Mamdouh Noufl, on or about May 3, 2023.
The Crown accepted the plea, with a sentence hearing scheduled for mid-September. Mamdouh Noufl, 62, had been reported missing in July 2023 after disappearing in May of that year. Police conducted searches at their home in Greenacre in October 2024, leading to Noufl's arrest and subsequent guilty plea. It was alleged that she had butchered and dismembered her husband's body, placing the remains in plastic bags and disposing of them in rubbish bins in south-west Sydney.
Police also noted an extensive clean-up and re-flooring of the Greenacre home, describing the case as brutal, macabre, and bizarre. Mamdouh Noufl's body has never been found.
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