Police arrest and charge man in relation to Curtis Cheng murder
Police have arrested and charged a man in relation to the murder of Curtis Cheng.
A police spokesman said shortly after 2pm yesterday (Friday 13 November 2015), police from the Joint Counter Terrorism Team, with the assistance of officers from the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad, stopped a car on Watts Road, Ryde, and arrested the 22-year-old man inside.
The Marsfield man was taken to Ryde Police Station and charged with participate in a criminal group.
He was refused bail and scheduled to appear in Parramatta Bail Court today (Saturday 14 November 2015).
Mr Cheng, a 58-year-old police worker, was killed in an attack police believed was politically motivated and linked to terrorism.
He was remembered by friends and family as a loving, generous and gentle father who always put his family first.
