Sunday 8 January 2023

Sadly the first violent death of a woman in 2023 recorded by the Counting Dead Women project occurred in Ballina, Northern NSW

 


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NSW Police, Latest News:


Man arrested after body of woman located - Ballina

Wednesday, 04 January 2023 11:39:36 AM


A man has been arrested after the body of a woman was located in the state’s north overnight.


About 12.30am (Wednesday 4 January 2022), a man attended Ballina Police Station and reported a welfare concern for a woman known to him.


Officers from Richmond Police District attended Holden Lane, near Cherry Street, Ballina, and located the body of a woman.


She is yet to be formally identified but is believed to be aged 64.


The man – aged 66 – was arrested at the police station, where he remains in custody.


Local detectives, with assistance from the State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad, have commenced an investigation into the woman’s death under Strike Force Blaikie.


Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.



ABC News, 5 January 2022:


A man accused of murdering his partner in northern New South Wales was already on bail for assault, a court has heard.


Robert Karl Huber, 66, did not apply for bail when he appeared in Tweed Heads Local Court this morning charged with murder and breaching an apprehended domestic violence order.


It is alleged Mr Huber killed his partner, Lindy Lucena, 64, on Tuesday evening before attending the Ballina Police Station at about 12.30am to speak to police.


He then allegedly led officers to a laneway next to the Salvation Army where her body was found.


Today, the court heard Mr Huber had been granted bail just days before the alleged murder after being charged with several violent offences, including common assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.


Richmond Police District Commander Superintendent Scott Tanner yesterday said police were treating her death as a case of domestic violence.


"It's a matter where these people were in a relationship, and that's how we will be alleging," he said…..



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