Scott Marshall: Man linked to caravan plot charged over separate anti-Semitic attack in Woollahra

A man named in a search warrant executed by police investigating a plot involving a caravan laden with explosives seemingly intended for Jewish targets has been charged over separate anti-Semitic attacks.

Scott Marshall and his partner Tammie Farrugia were reported to be on the “periphery” of the police investigation into the caravan that was discovered by the side of the road in Dural, a rural suburb of Sydney, on January 19.

The couple has not been charged in relation to the abandoned caravan, which was filled with mining explosives, a note with the addresses of a Sydney synagogue and other Jewish buildings, and a note that read “f..k the Jews”.

On Tuesday, Strike Force Pearl officers arrested Mr Marshall, 36, at Parklea Correctional Centre and charged him over his alleged involvement in the malicious damage of vehicles and buildings in Woollahra last year.

Police say that during the attack one vehicle was set on fire and another vehicle, two buildings and the footpath along Magney Street were graffitied — with the damage bill estimated at $20,000.

Mr Marshall, who is behind bars on unrelated weapons and drug offences to which he has pleaded not guilty, has been additionally charged with participate criminal group contribute criminal activity; destroy or damage property accessory before the fact to an offence; and take and drive conveyance without consent of owner.

He has been refused bail to appear at Downing Centre Local Court on April 3.

Ms Farrugia, Mr Marshall’s partner, was arrested at her Liverpool home on January 20 and charged over her alleged involvement in the same anti-Semitic attack in Woollahra and is also due back in court on April 3.

Meanwhile, an investigation into a spate of anti-Semitic attacks in Sydney’s east has stepped up after police linked the incidents and identified two men of interest.

Hateful graffiti was sprayed on a school in Maroubra and at a shopping centre in Eastgardens, while two homes were also targeted last month.

NSW Police believe all the incidents are linked.

They want to speak to two men seen in CCTV footage in a white SUV in the vicinity of the attacks.

On January 30, officers were called to multiple locations in Sydney’s east following reports of malicious damage.

Police went to a school on Runic Lane, Maroubra, a nearby home on Hannan Street and the Eastgardens shopping centre on Bunnerong Road, where they found multiple forms of anti-Semitic graffiti.

On the same day officers were called to a home on Sparks Street, Eastlakes, where they found more anti-Semitic graffiti.

The passenger in the car is described as being a man of Caucasian appearance, with a thin build who was last seen wearing a blue jumper with an orange liner, a white medical mask, dark pants and brown shoes.

The driver is described as having a large build and was last seen wearing dark clothing and a baseball cap.

— with AAP