A Sydney father-of-eight was allegedly murdered and dismembered by his wife after she discovered he had been sending money to a secret girlfriend overseas, police claim.
NSW Police will allege that Nirmeen Noufl, 53, cut up the body of Mamdouh Noufl, 62, using a saw and knives before disposing of his remains in plastic bags at several residential and industrial sites across southwest Sydney.
The couple allegedly had a fierce argument on May 3, 2023 after she discovered that her husband was having an affair with a woman living in Egypt. She allegedly attacked her husband during the fight, resulting in his death.
In the weeks that followed, Noufl allegedly used his phone and social media to give the impression that the small business owner was still alive, and police only launched a missing persons investigation two months later in July.
Noufl allegedly used her husband’s phone to contact the woman in Egypt and ask her to return the money he sent her, she reported. The daily telegraph.
A friend who tried to call him and got no answer never suspected a crime had been committed.
“When he disappeared we thought he had moved to another state and we didn’t want to talk to anyone,” said Khaled Yousef, a member of the Egyptian Islamic Society.
“We would never expect something like that to happen to him.”
Mamdouh Noufl (pictured), 62, was allegedly murdered by his wife Nirmeen Noufl, 53, after she discovered he had a secret girlfriend in Egypt to whom he was sending money, police claim.
NSW Police will allege Nirmeen Noufl, 53, cut up the body of Mamdouh Noufl, 62, using knives and power tools at her family home in western Sydney (pictured).
Noufl was arrested on Thursday at a Bankstown hospital where she was a patient and charged with murder (domestic violence).
He has been considered a flight risk because he had an apparent interest in moving to the Middle East before his arrest.
It is alleged that he had previously traveled to Egypt to sell property and was in the process of buying shares in the United Arab Emirates.
Detective Superintendent Danny Doherty told a press conference on Saturday that Greenacre’s home had undergone “significant cleaning” and parts of the floor were re-laid.
He called the murder “brutal,” “macabre” and “bizarre.”
“The remains have not been located and police doubt they will ever be located due to the nature in which they were disposed of,” Superintendent Doherty said.
Superintendent Doherty said police would allege Noufl provided detectives with “various versions” of her husband’s whereabouts.
He allegedly told his children, friends and relatives that Mr Noufl had flown to Egypt to visit relatives, but no relatives were able to reach or locate him.
Police believe the couple’s Greenacre home (pictured) underwent “significant cleaning” after Noufl allegedly dismembered her husband in May 2023.
An investigation into the disappearance of Mamdouh Noufl began in July 2023 when police were called to a house on Juno Parade, in Greenacre, in Sydney’s west.
Superintendent Doherty said the victim had had close ties to his community in western Sydney and had owned a small business until his death (pictured, coroners examine the house).
The victim’s bank accounts were also used until July 2023, when friends of the couple reported the 62-year-old missing, Supt Doherty said.
“He was a very, very calm person. He was smiling and very focused on his work,” said a friend. 9News.
Noufl’s friends only raised the alarm three months after his alleged death, although one friend said he suspected something much earlier.
“I was very worried, of course,” he said.
“I thought inside that there must be something bad that must have happened to him.”
The couple moved from Egypt to Sydney more than 30 years ago and had lived in the Greenacre home for the past five to 10 years.
Superintendent Doherty said the couple’s eight adult children, aged in their 20s and 30s, are still “processing information” and are likely to be at risk.
Some family members have thanked their community for their “support and prayers.”
The couple moved from Egypt to Sydney more than 30 years ago and had lived in the Greenacre home for the past five to 10 years (pictured, forensics at the Juno Parade home).
Superintendent Doherty said the victim had close ties to her community in western Sydney and was a small business owner.
Noufl remains in custody and is due to appear at Burwood Local Court on December 11.
Investigations under the command of Strike Force Tannerie continue.
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