source : the age
In the weeks before Christmas, Tammie Farrugia was on the hunt.
“Anyone got any plastic Jerry cans plz let me know thanks in advance,” she allegedly posted on the Facebook pages of multiple local community groups on December 10.
Tammie Farrugia briefly appeared in Liverpool Local Court on Tuesday.Credit: Facebook
Farrugia is alleged to have obtained five jerry cans in the leadup to an antisemitic attack in Woollahra on December 11.
“Death 2 Israiel” and “Kill Israiel” were scrawled across the garden walls of homes on Magney Street about 1am, with messages also sprayed on the footpath outside. A car at the scene, which police believe was stolen, was also set alight.
Farrugia was arrested at a Liverpool home on Monday morning and charged with participating in a criminal group, being an accessory before the fact to destroy or damage property and being in a stolen car.
Farrugia allegedly posted on the Facebook pages of multiple local community groups looking for plastic jerry cans.
The mother of five children is accused of being in the car that was driven to a meeting point but not being involved in the graffiti or torching the car.
The accessory before the fact charge relates to the Facebook post, sources with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed.
On Tuesday, she briefly appeared in Liverpool Local Court, where her Legal Aid lawyer did not apply for bail, which was formally refused for her to re-appear in the same court early next month.
Last month, police came to the home Farrugia shared with her partner, Scott Marshall, and executed a search warrant. He is now facing unrelated charges and remains on remand in Parklea Correctional Centre.
A Woollahra home targeted in an antisemitic attack last month.Credit: Kate Geraghty
On Tuesday morning, Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended a Maroubra childcare centre torched in the latest antisemitic incident in Sydney.
Minns praised the work of investigators on Strike Force Pearl, which was set up to combat the antisemitic attacks plaguing Sydney.
“Just yesterday, police made a breakthrough in relation to an investigation in Woollahra late last year,” he said.
