Overview
- NSW Police arrested the 44-year-old at a Little Bay home on Thursday and took him to Maroubra Police Station under Strike Force Lyndoch.
- Lee Robert Loughlin has been charged with murder (domestic violence) along with a coercive control offence, according to court filings.
- Court documents allege a course of abusive behaviour toward Claire Austin from July 2024 until her death, with the coercive control law in force since July 2024.
- Loughlin’s matter was mentioned in court on Friday, he did not apply for bail, and a further appearance is scheduled later this month.
- Austin, 38, suffered a severe arm laceration while trying to force through a sliding glass door at her Randwick unit on April 12 and died three days later at St Vincent’s Hospital.