NSW woman charged with murder after man’s body found in surfboard bag

A woman has been charged with a domestic violence-related murder, after a man’s body was allegedly found in a surfboard bag at a rural property in Darkwood, west of Coffs Harbour.
A 35-year-old woman was arrested on Friday afternoon in Nambucca Heads and taken to Macksville police station where she was charged with the murder of a 62-year-old man.
Police will allege in court the woman and man were known to each other.
Emergency services were called to the Darkwood property, about 67km west of Coffs Harbour, at 7pm on Thursday, after reports a body had been found. Officers allegedly found the body of the man inside a surfboard bag on the driveway of the property.
Police attached to Coffs/Clarence police district, with assistance of officers from State Crime Command’s homicide squad, established Strike Force Nome to investigate the death and after “extensive inquiries” arrested the woman on Friday.
The woman, who has not been named, has been refused bail and is scheduled to appear at Port Macquarie local court on Saturday.