{"id":683856,"date":"2026-05-20T22:05:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/683856\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T22:05:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:05:14","slug":"man-charged-with-stealing-bondi-terror-attack-victims-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/683856\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with stealing Bondi terror attack victim&#8217;s camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man who was at last year&#8217;s devastating Bondi Beach terror attack has been arrested and charged by police, accused of stealing and pawning the camera gear of\ufeff slain victim Peter Meagher.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 15 victims were killed on the evening of Sunday, December 14, when two men \ufeffopened fire on the crowd of people attending the outdoor event.<\/p>\n<p>One of the attackers, who police say was 50-year-old Sajid Akram, was killed by police, while his son, Naveed Akram, was injured and arrested, and remains before the courts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/3e82001c-5890-4c08-9173-3625a846fe0e.jpeg\"   alt=\"Homicide Squad detectives have charged a photographer with alleged stealing offences in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack.\"\/>Homicide Squad detectives have charged a photographer with alleged stealing offences in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack. (Supplied)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/48f3ff40-3333-4bb4-8e69-e5c84019f3da.jpeg\"   alt=\"Peter Meagher, a former police officer and Randwick Rugby volunteer and manager, was working as a freelance photographer at the Hanukkah event when he was shot during the Bondi Beach terror attack.\"\/>Peter Meagher, a former police officer and Randwick Rugby volunteer and manager, was working as a freelance photographer at the Hanukkah event when he was shot during the Bondi Beach terror attack. (Supplied)<\/p>\n<p>Police now alleged that one of the victims at the event, a 61-year-old retired police officer and photographer Peter Meagher, had his camera equipment stolen in the aftermath of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Police carried out a search warrant in Marayong in Sydney&#8217;s west at about 6.30am yesterday.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/7053611e-9c53-4bfa-a454-55f638b62984.jpeg\"   alt=\"\"\/>A man will face court after allegedly stealing a camera belonging to a man killed in the Bondi Beach terror attack. (NSW Police)<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/fbe104a8-b2c3-4d2c-a144-ca8ff31305bd.jpeg\"   alt=\"\"\/>Police allege the man stole and pawned the camera. (NSW Police)<\/p>\n<p>They seized a camera, handcuffs, and electronic devices at the premises, while a car search yielded a &#8220;small amount of white crystal powder&#8221; and other electronics.<\/p>\n<p>A 35-year-old man was arrested and charged with multiple theft, drug, and weapon offences.<\/p>\n<p>He was bailed and will return to court in June.<\/p>\n<p>Police will allege the man was also a photographer at the Hannukah event, who stole Meagher&#8217;s camera equipment and pawned it days \ufefflater.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man who was at last year&#8217;s devastating Bondi Beach terror attack has been arrested and charged by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":683857,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-683856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683856","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=683856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}