A man has been charged with murder following the death of a woman on the state's Mid North Coast yesterday.
About 11am (Thursday 5 November 2026), emergency services were called to a house on Corella Close, Congarinni – about 25km southwest of Nambucca Heads – following reports of an assault.
Officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District attended and found the body of a 76-year-old woman.
A 72-year-old man was arrested at the scene, and a knife seized for forensic examination.
The man was taken to Coffs Harbour Hospital under police guard where he was today (Friday 6 November 2026) charged with murder (DV), and hinder or resist police officer in the execution of duty.
He appeared in a bedside court hearing this afternoon (Friday 6 November 2026), where he was refused bail to appear before Kempsey Local Court on Wednesday 20 January 2027.
