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CCTV shows three men near Sydney ‘stronghold’ where kidnapped Chris Baghsarian held, police allege

Baghsarian, 85, was taken in a case of mistaken identity before being murdered, NSW police allege. Two men have been charged so far Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast New South Wales police have released CCTV footage of three further men they want to question over the alleged kidnapping and murder of Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian last month. Daniel Stevens, 24, and Gerard Andrews, 29 have previously been charged with murder and detaining in company with intent to ransom, occasioning actual bodily harm. Police allege Baghsarian, 85, was kidnapped from his North Ryde home on 13 February in a case of mistaken identity. His body was dumped near a golf club at Pitt Town days later, police allege, but was not found until 24 February. Police on Wednesday released the CCTV footage as part of a public appeal for more information. It shows three men walking towards what police allege was the kidnappers’ “stronghold” at Dural, in north-western Sydney, on the night Baghsarian went missing. CCTV from the following day shows a blue Hyundai sedan with a missing hubcap on its left side arriving at and then

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Third man charged with murder over alleged kidnapping and killing of Sydney man Chris Baghsarian

Man arrested in Seven Hills on Wednesday ‘one of the principal offenders’, NSW police allege Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A third man has been charged…

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Third man charged with murder over alleged kidnapping and killing of Sydney man Chris Baghsarian

Man arrested in Seven Hills on Wednesday ‘one of the principal offenders’, NSW police allege Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A third man…

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CCTV shows three men near Sydney ‘stronghold’ where kidnapped Chris Baghsarian held, police allege

Baghsarian, 85, was taken in a case of mistaken identity before being murdered, NSW police allege. Two men have been charged so far Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email,…

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Man arrested in Seven Hills on Wednesday ‘one of the principal offenders’, NSW police allege Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A third man has been charged…

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Baghsarian, 85, was taken in a case of mistaken identity before being murdered, NSW police allege. Two men have been charged so far Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news…

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