Strike Force Backhouse detectives have charged a second man with murder following investigations into the fatal shooting of a woman in Stockton earlier this year.
\nJust after 8pm on Wednesday 9 June 2021, emergency services were called to a home on Queen Street, Stockton, following reports of a shooting.
\nA 61-year-old woman answered her front door before being shot. She died at the scene and was later identified as Stacey Klimovitch.
\nOfficers from Newcastle City Police District established Strike Force Backhouse to investigate the circumstances surrounding Stacey\u2019s murder.
\nLast week, detectives arrested a 29-year-old man at Honeysuckle. He was charged over his alleged involvement in the shooting and remains before the courts.
\nWith assistance from ACT Policing, officers arrested a 46-year-old man on an NSW warrant at a home in Chisholm, ACT, about 6.45pm last Friday (26 November 2021).
\nHe was taken to a local police station where the NSW warrant was executed.
\nOn Monday (29 November 2021), strike force detectives applied for, and were granted, the man\u2019s extradition to NSW.
\nHe was escorted to Queanbeyan Police Station and charged with murder.
\nThe man was refused bail and is due to appear at Queanbeyan Local Court today (Tuesday 30 November 2021).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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