Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man over an alleged home invasion as part of ongoing inquiries into the fatal stabbing of a man in Sydney's west earlier this year.
About 8am on Thursday 24 September 2020, emergency services were called to a reserve on Russell Street at Emu Plains, after the body of a man had been located.
He has since been formally identified as a 22-year-old Minchinbury man.
A vehicle found crashed nearby was seized for forensic examination.
Detectives from Nepean Police Area Command and the State Crime Command's Homicide Squad established Strike Force Mathinna to investigate the circumstances surrounding the man's death.
So far during the investigation, four men – aged 21, 22, 25 and 26 – have been arrested. They were all charged over their alleged roles in the incident and remain before the courts.
As part of ongoing inquiries, officers arrested a 23-year-old man at Mt Druitt Police Station about 6.40pm last Wednesday (16 December 2020).
He was charged with special aggravated break and enter and commit serious indictable offence (weapon).
Police will allege in court the man was involved in a home invasion at a property in Sydney's west prior to the stabbing.
The Hassall Grove Hman appeared at Mt Druitt Local Court on Thursday (17 December 2020), where he was refused bail to reappear at the same court today (Tuesday 22 December 2020).
Investigations by Strike Force Mathinna are continuing.
