{"id":369347,"date":"2025-12-24T18:32:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T18:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/369347\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T18:32:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T18:32:33","slug":"woman-charged-after-19-year-old-zac-mcrae-allegedly-fatally-stabbed-at-bus-interchange-near-mount-druitt-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/369347\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman charged after 19-year-old Zac McRae allegedly fatally stabbed at bus interchange near Mount Druitt station"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman has been charged after a young man was allegedly stabbed to death<\/a> at a bus interchange in Western Sydney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Zac McRae, 19, and Vimlesh Chand, also 19, were found with stab wounds opposite Mount Druitt train station on North Parade just after 10.10pm on August 27.<\/p>\n

McRae suffered stab wounds to the chest and died at the scene despite efforts by paramedics.<\/p>\n

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Chand was allegedly stabbed in the arm and taken to hospital in a stable condition.<\/p>\n

He has since been released.<\/p>\n

Following extensive investigations, police arrested a 19-year-old woman at a home in Dapto about 7am on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\"McRaeMcRae suffered stab wounds to the chest and died at the scene. Credit: Supplied\"McRaeMcRae was experiencing homelessness at the time. Credit: Supplied<\/p>\n

Police allege the woman drove other accused offenders to the scene.<\/p>\n

She has been charged with murder, concealing a serious indictable offence, failing to disclose the identity of a driver or passenger, and participating in a criminal group that contributed to criminal activity.<\/p>\n

The woman was refused bail and is due to appear in the Bail Division Local Court 3 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

At the time, Superintendent Darrin Batchelor said Chand was \u201cextremely lucky to survive\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe sustained a stab wound … that went through the entirety of his arm and then penetrated his chest,\u201d Batchelor said.<\/p>\n

\"AA 19-year-old woman was arrested and charged following extensive investigations. Credit: NSW Police\"TheThe alleged stabbing took place opposite Mount Druitt train station. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n

Two NDIS support workers told the ABC<\/a> that McRae lived with intellectual disabilities, as well as oppositional defiant disorder and foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.<\/p>\n

They said he had also been experiencing homelessness, couch surfing and living in friends\u2019 garages.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe system failed him, and it\u2019s really sad because he is a vulnerable person, he had a disability,\u201d one of the workers, Merna, said.<\/p>\n

She described McRae as \u201clonely\u201d.<\/p>\n

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