A 31-year-old man has been charged with the alleged murders of a man and woman at a shop in western Sydney.
Allan Chiem was due to appear in Parramatta local court on Sunday morning after he was arrested just after midnight at a home in Canley Heights in the city’s west.
New South Wales police will allege in court that Chiem and the 69-year-old man and 68-year-old woman he is accused of murdering were known to each other.
Their bodies were discovered by a family member on Saturday morning who then called the police, Det Acting Supt Michael Cantrell told reporters.
Cantrell said the deceased had “significant injuries” and described the scene at the shop on Oxford St in Cambridge Park as “confronting”.
“The family are obviously devastated and they are assisting police,” he said.
Cantrell said he was aware of footage that had been circulating on social media that “shows a male in the vicinity” and this was “certainly a line of inquiry”.
Chiem was arrested about 12.30am on Sunday after police appealed to the public for information and CCTV footage.
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He was charged with two counts of murder (domestic violence) and refused bail, with his first court appearance scheduled for 9.30am Sunday.
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