Overview

• NSW Supreme Court Justice Peter Garling delivered a judge-alone guilty verdict for the January 2023 strangling of Dayna Isaac, rejecting Sultana’s claim that an unknown intruder killed her.
• Moments after the verdict, Sultana began gasping and collapsed as witnesses observed heavy bleeding from his left arm before paramedics wheeled him from the King Street court complex.
• Corrective Services said officers initiated an urgent medical response, NSW Ambulance transported Sultana to hospital, and the incident is under investigation.
• The court cited evidence including ligatures on the victim’s neck, blunt-force injuries, Sultana’s DNA throughout the apartment, and post-offence actions such as burning Isaac’s RAV4 in Castlereagh and destroying his clothing.
• Testimony detailed his mother’s account of seeing blood in the unit after he picked her up in the victim’s car, and sentencing proceedings are scheduled later this year.