{
  "id": 3394528,
  "title": "Sydney woman pleads guilty to 'macabre' manslaughter of husband",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/sydney-woman-pleads-guilty-to-macabre-manslaughter-of-husband",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T01:18:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-26/sydney-woman-pleads-guilty-manslaughter-of-husband-dismemberment/107079348"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "Police previously described the case as \"macabre\" and \"bizarre\" due to how they suspected she had disposed of his remains.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Sydney woman admits killing and dismembering husband, escapes murder conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/sydney-woman-admits-killing-and-dismembering-husband-escapes-murder",
        "published": "2026-08-26T00:54:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "Sydney woman admits killing and dismembering husband, escapes murder conviction",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/sydney-woman-admits-killing-and-dismembering-husband-escapes-murder-3392603",
        "published": "2026-08-26T00:54:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}