{"id":684107,"date":"2026-05-21T00:45:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T00:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/684107\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T00:45:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T00:45:14","slug":"bondi-beach-shooting-man-charged-with-stealing-camera-equipment-from-terror-attack-victim-peter-meagher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/684107\/","title":{"rendered":"Bondi Beach shooting: Man charged with stealing camera equipment from terror attack victim Peter Meagher"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updated May 21, 2026 \u2014 9:13am,first published 4:26am<\/p>\n

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As the nation reeled in the days following its deadliest terrorist attack and family and friends grieved the people they lost, a man was allegedly pawning a camera he stole from one of the victims for $800.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old man will face court next month after being charged with stealing camera equipment belonging to Peter Meagher, who was photographing the Chanukah by the Sea event at Bondi Beach on December 14.<\/p>\n

Meagher, 61, a retired police officer and photographer<\/a>, was among 15 people killed when the father-son gunmen opened fire on the celebration.<\/p>\n

Amid a critical incident investigation into the police response, detectives learned Meagher \u201chad his camera equipment stolen in the aftermath of the attack\u201d.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old man was arrested during a raid on a home at Marayong in Sydney\u2019s west on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cPolice will allege the man was a photographer at the Hanukkah event who stole the deceased 61-year-old\u2019s camera equipment before pawning it days later,\u201d police said in a statement on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

\"AA man has been charged with allegedly stealing from Bondi Beach terror attack victim Peter Meagher (right).NSW Police<\/p>\n

At the property, a camera, handcuffs and electronic devices were seized. Officers also allegedly found a white crystal powder and further electronics in a car.<\/p>\n

Among the electronic devices seized from the home was the since-recovered camera\u2019s SD card, on which Meagher captured his last photographs, police allege.<\/p>\n

\"PolicePolice at the Maryong property on Wednesday.NSW Police<\/p>\n

The man was taken to Riverstone police station where he was charged with larceny between $2000 and $5000, disposing of stolen property, furnishing false information to a licensee, possessing or using a prohibited weapon without a permit, and possessing and supplying drugs.<\/p>\n

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He was granted conditional bail to face Blacktown Local Court on June 22.<\/p>\n

The alleged larceny value refers to the value of the camera equipment, not the amount it was sold for.<\/p>\n

After 35 years of service with NSW Police, retiring as a detective sergeant in 2021, Meagher had been enjoying his other passion, photography, when he was killed.<\/p>\n

Meagher\u2019s wife Virginia had worked at a school run by the Orthodox Jewish group Chabad, which organised the festival at Archer Park, and many of their friends were in attendance.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs he left at 4.15pm that Sunday, I said, \u2018Give them my love,\u2019\u201d Virginia said at Meagher\u2019s funeral in January<\/a>. \u201cAnd all our lives are forever changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PremierPremier Chris Minns, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Governor-General Sam Mostyn and NSW Governor Margaret Beazley attend the funeral of Peter Meagher.James Brickwood<\/p>\n

NSW Premier Chris Minns, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, then-Opposition Leader Sussan Ley, and Governor-General Sam Mostyn were among attendees at Meagher\u2019s funeral, one of many held in the days and weeks following the deadly attack.<\/p>\n

Meagher was also a passionate volunteer, considered \u201cRandwick rugby royalty,\u201d according to former Wallaby Morgan Turinui.<\/p>\n

\"AA tribute to Peter Meagher at Coogee Oval in April.Audrey Richardson<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you wouldn\u2019t have known it. He was very quiet and unassuming; he just got work done, there was never any fuss,\u201d Turinui said of Meagher in April, when his nickname \u201cMarzo\u201d was spelled out on Coogee Oval for the first game of the Shute Shield season in tribute.<\/p>\n

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A royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion<\/a> sparked by the attack remains ongoing, with a second block of public hearings starting on Monday to examine the terrorism threat level and security environment in the lead up to the attack.<\/p>\n

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