Pair Charged In Sydney Murder Due In Court, Today

by Bobby NockNovember 12, 2019

A Sydney man and woman charged with murder after a man was found dead in a Sydney apartment are due in court today.

37-year-old Joey Frederick Evong and 33-year-old Jessica Anne MacDonald face counts of first degree murder in the death of 41-year-old Stephen Richard Rose.

His body was discovered on November 5^th in a Rotary Drive apartment.

Police say an autopsy confirmed Rose was murdered.

They say Evong, MacDonald and Rose knew each other and the murder was an isolated incident.

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