- Woman’s son found dead next to daughter’s body in court
- Chris Carrig, 20, charged with Nazi graffiti and harassment
- Frontline court openly displays Nazi tattoos
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EXCLUSIVE
The son of a woman found dead in her home along with her disabled teenage daughter revealed his white supremacist tattoos as he faced court on Nazi graffiti charges.
Christopher Carrig, 20, appeared briefly at Burwood Local Court on six charges, including allegedly spray-painting a statue with a Nazi swastika symbol.
He faced a magistrate for a few minutes in a courtroom where tattoos of the numbers ’88’ behind his right ear and ’14’ behind his left ear could clearly be seen.
The numbers ’88’, representing HH as the eighth letter of the alphabet, are a well-known white supremacist code for ‘Heil Hitler’.
The number “14” represents a 14-word white supremacist slogan about white power that secures the future of “white children.”
The graffiti charges stem from an alleged incident at Macquarie University in February.
He is also accused of harassing a man in a Woolworths in May, both events preceding the family tragedy that befell his mother and sister.
Jennifer Carrig, 53, and Ella, 13, were found dead in two separate rooms of their home on Menzies Road in Marsfield, northwest of Sydney, in early July.
Christopher Carrig is due to appear in Burwood Local Court on Tuesday charged with spray-painting a Nazi swastika and a National Socialist Network symbol on statues at Macquarie University
On Tuesday, Chris Carrig appeared before a magistrate, his white supremacist neck tattoos clearly visible in court, where he was charged with painting Nazi graffiti on statues.
The motive for their deaths remains a public mystery and no arrests have been made. There has been no suggestion that Christopher Carrig had any involvement.
However, the Menzies Road home was visited by police just eight days earlier when officers from the Counter Terrorism and Special Tactics Command arrived at 6am to arrest Christopher and his girlfriend Taylor Bayly, 20.
The couple was They were taken to separate police stations to be charged with offences relating to the spray painting of “far-right ideology” at Macquarie University in Sydney’s north.
Police allege Mr Carrig and Ms Bayly painted their faces black and then entered Macquarie Park, which has around 130 statues, inside Macquarie University, at around 12.17am on February 25.
Court documents allege they used a can of spray paint to mark objects on campus with a swastika and the label of the National Socialist Network, an Australian neo-Nazi political organization.
The pair were charged with wilfully or recklessly destroying or damaging property, blackening or disguising the face with intent to commit an indictable offence, possessing an instrument for making graffiti and unlawfully entering enclosed land.
Mr Carrig was also charged with offences dating back to May at a Woolworths in Sydney’s north-west, while police have issued a battery order against him on behalf of another man.
Christopher Carrig (left) with his mother Jennifer and sister Ella about seven years ago, he was accused of painting Nazi graffiti and arrested eight days before the tragic deaths of his sister and mother.
Chris Corrig and his lawyer arrive at Burwood Local Court on Tuesday, where his bail was modified on charges including reciting a Nazi swastika on a statue at Macquarie University.
Jennifer Carrig and her daughter Ella (left), whose bodies were tragically found at their Marsfield home in July. Forensic officers (right) leave the Menzies Road house
Chris Carrig had already been banned from Woolworths when he allegedly trespassed on the evening of May 25, and is alleged to have harassed or intimidated the man.
On Tuesday, he appeared in court with a lawyer to have his bail conditions modified so that he could report to police three times a week.
When approached on the street, Mr Carrig snapped his fingers dismissively and said: “Go and get a real job.”
It is unclear how Jennifer Carrig and her daughter Ella died, as neither of them had any obvious injuries. Neighbors believe it was a tragic murder-suicide.
A police spokesman added: “The victims did not have gunshot or stab wounds.”
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