{"id":265945,"date":"2025-11-06T06:37:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/265945\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T06:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:37:14","slug":"man-charged-with-murder-after-sydney-woman-claire-austin-fatally-injured-while-allegedly-fleeing-boyfriends-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/265945\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with murder after Sydney woman Claire Austin fatally injured while allegedly fleeing boyfriend&#8217;s abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Austin\ufeff, 38, was found critically injured with a severe laceration to her arm at a unit on Randwick Street in Randwick about 7.40am on April 12.<\/p>\n<p>She was treated by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to St Vincent&#8217;s Hospital in a critical condition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/2b84635f-5e93-4ba3-8c36-fdc764abf91f.png\"   alt=\"A woman who died in hospital after an alleged domestic violence incident at an apartment in Sydney's east has been identified as Claire Austin.\"\/>Claire Austin was found critically injured with a severe laceration to her arm. She died in hospital several days later. (Nine)<\/p>\n<p>Austin \u2013 a marketing manager originally from the UK \u2013 died in hospital \ufeffseveral days later.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives established Strike Force Lyndoch to investigate Austin&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested a 44-year-old man, who was known to Austin, at a home in Little Bay\ufeff in Sydney&#8217;s eastern suburbs about 9am today.<\/p>\n<p>He was taken to Maroubra Police Station and has been charged with murder (domestic violence) and abusive behaviour towards an intimate partner (coercive control).<\/p>\n<p>He was refused bail to appear in court tomorrow.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/05dde7ed-eb07-4cfa-a40b-dc9fc5346c5d.png\"   alt=\"Man charged with murder after death of Sydney woman Claire Austin\"\/>Police have charged a 44-year-old man with murder and abusive behaviour towards an intimate partner. (NSW Police)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/84f09d8a-d885-4a89-8a5c-dcbb8afa8bbb.png\"   alt=\"Emergency services were called to a unit on Randwick Street about 7.40am Saturday, following reports of a concern for welfare.&#10;\"\/>Emergency services were called to a unit on Randwick Street about 7.40am on April 12, following reports of a concern for welfare. (Nine)<\/p>\n<p>Police previously spoke to the man at the unit on the evening of Austin&#8217;s injury.<\/p>\n<p>He was taken to \ufeffMaroubra Police Station but later released without charge before being taken to a mental health facility.<\/p>\n<p>NSW Premier Chris Minns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/national\/police-launch-strike-force-to-investigate-sydney-womans-suspicious-death\/f56fe510-5e2b-4384-9d05-74251066cdf0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"said in April\">said in April<\/a> that police were taking the investigation incredibly seriously.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want the public to be assured that there&#8217;s a task force that&#8217;s been set up by NSW Police, they&#8217;re taking it incredibly seriously, and the focus will be justice for that woman and her family,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffSupport is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1800respect.org.au\/\" title=\"https:\/\/www.1800respect.org.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">1800RESPECT (1800 737 732)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin\ufeff, 38, was found critically injured with a severe laceration to her arm at a unit on Randwick&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-265945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}