Congarinni: 72-year-old man charged after 76-year-old woman found dead in NSW Mid North Coast home
Police have provided details after charging a 72-year-old man with murder.
A 72-year-old man has been charged with murder after an elderly woman was found dead inside a home on the NSW Mid North Coast.
Emergency services were called to a property on Corella Close in Congarinni, about 25km southwest of Nambucca Heads, following reports of an assault about 11am on Thursday.
Officers arrived to find the body of a 76-year-old woman inside the home.
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“A 72-year-old man was arrested at the scene, and a knife seized for forensic examination,” a NSW Police spokesperson said on Friday.
The man was arrested and treated at the scene before being taken to Coffs Harbour Hospital under police guard with injuries believed to be self-inflicted.
NSW Police say the man has been charged with domestic violence-related murder and hindering or resisting a police officer in the execution of duty.
He appeared before a bedside court hearing at Coffs Harbour Hospital on Friday afternoon, where he was refused bail.
The man is due to appear before Kempsey Local Court on January 20, 2027.
