{"id":741442,"date":"2026-06-17T02:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T02:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/741442\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T02:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T02:37:15","slug":"two-men-charged-over-alleged-murder-of-chris-baghsarian-six-now-before-the-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/741442\/","title":{"rendered":"Two men charged over alleged murder of Chris Baghsarian, six now before the courts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another two men have been charged over the alleged kidnapping murder of 85-year-old Sydney man Chris Baghsarian.<\/p>\n

Just after 5am on February 13, Mr Baghsarian was taken from his North Ryde home in a case of mistaken identity.<\/p>\n

The elderly man’s abduction triggered an 11-day search with his remains later found near a golf course in Pitt Town in the city’s north-west.<\/p>\n

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Chris Baghsarian, 85, was kidnapped from his North Ryde home in February. (Supplied: NSW Police)<\/p>\n

It is understood his captors’ intended target was a relative of Sydney businessman Dimitri Stepanyan, who also lived nearby.<\/p>\n

Detectives attached to the State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad were investigating the case under Strike Force Chabot, and on Tuesday two further arrests were made.<\/p>\n

About 7:15am yesterday, detectives executed a search warrant in Shalvey where they arrested 19-year-old Brendan Gorman.<\/p>\n

A short time later, strike force detectives arrested 21-year-old Codi Fuller in Silverwater.<\/p>\n

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Brendan Gorman was arrested in Shalvey in Sydney’s west. (Supplied: NSW Police)<\/p>\n

Both men were taken to Mt Druitt Police Station where they were charged with murder and take\/detain in company with intent to ransom occasioning actual bodily harm.<\/p>\n

Mr Gorman was also charged with failing to comply with a digital evidence access order direction.<\/p>\n

They were refused bail and their matters were briefly heard at Mt Druitt Local Court on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Human remains were found in Pitt Town. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

Sydney lawyer Feddy Kak, who is representing both of the men, spoke briefly outside court.<\/p>\n

“Matters are still in the very early stages, and clients maintain their right to the presumption of innocence until anything further comes forth,” he said.<\/p>\n

Their cases have been adjourned to July 17.<\/p>\n

Four people have previously been charged and remain before the courts.<\/p>\n

Police appeal to public<\/p>\n

Police allege that when Mr Baghsarian was kidnapped from his North Ryde home he was taken to a “stronghold” in Dural.<\/p>\n

It is believed the derelict Dural property was used as a base by Mr Baghsarian’s captors.<\/p>\n

Images and video had circulated of Mr Baghsarian tied up and being assaulted, prompting police to repeatedly issue urgent pleas for his safe return.<\/p>\n

Robbery and Serious Crimes Squad Commander Andrew Marks previously said Mr Baghsarian had died at the Dural location before his body was left at the Pitt Town scene.<\/p>\n

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Police have released CCTV images of a man they say may be able to assist with their inquiries. (Supplied: NSW Police)<\/p>\n

Last week, detectives appealed for public assistance to identify a man police wanted to speak with in connection to the case.<\/p>\n

CCTV images were released of the man in question, pictured in a hardware store in Leppington about 7:30am on February 11, two days before Mr Baghsarian was kidnapped.<\/p>\n

He was described as being of Mediterranean\/Middle Eastern appearance, between 175cm and 185cm tall, of medium build, with long brown hair and a beard.<\/p>\n

Police urged anyone who recognised the man to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another two men have been charged over the alleged kidnapping murder of 85-year-old Sydney man Chris Baghsarian. Just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,357573,277102,357575,357577,44,357574,357580,357576,357579,357578],"class_list":["post-741442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-baghsarian-kidnapping-murder","tag-chris-baghsarian-murder","tag-dural-murder","tag-mt-druitt-police-station","tag-news","tag-north-ryde-kidnapping","tag-northwest-metropolitan-operations-support-group","tag-pitt-town-murder","tag-state-crime-commands-robbery-serious-crime-squad","tag-strike-force-chabot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741442","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=741442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}