Sydney woman sentenced for killing and dismembering abusive husband

Nirmeen Noufl, a 55-year-old woman, has been sentenced to a minimum of three years in jail for killing and dismembering her abusive husband, Mamdouh Noufl, 62. According to agreed facts in the case, an argument between the couple became physical in May 2023, during which Noufl was assaulted, pinned to the kitchen floor, and choked. She then stabbed him with a renovation tool, believing her life was in danger.

Noufl dismembered her husband's body and disposed of the remains in bins around south-west Sydney. The body has not been found. She was arrested in October 2023 and pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the basis of excessive self-defence. The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age reported that Noufl's guilty plea was accepted by prosecutors on the grounds that her husband was abusive and had attacked her.

The ABC News AU reported that Noufl will be eligible for parole next October, having been sentenced to a minimum jail term of three years, with an additional 12 months added to her sentence, as per The Guardian Australia. Justice Peter Hamill described the disposal of the body as "as thorough as it was brutal" when sentencing Noufl.

Brief written by urgent.news from The Guardian Australia, ABC News AU, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald — 4 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.