Photographer Arrested for Stealing Bondi Taking pictures Sufferer’s Digicam After Terror Assault

A photographer has been charged after he allegedly stole the digital camera gear of one of many victims of the lethal Bondi Beach taking pictures earlier than pawning it for lots of of {dollars} days after the fear assault.

15 individuals had been killed within the taking pictures at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on December 14. According to a report by ABC News Australia, investigators later found that digital camera gear belonging to one of many victims, retired police officer and photographer Peter Meagher, had gone lacking after the assault. 61-year-old Meagher had been working as a photographer on the Hanukkah occasion when two gunmen allegedly opened hearth on the group, killing him.

On Wednesday, police raided the Sydney house of 35-year-old photographer Danny James Ridley, the place officers seized a digital camera, handcuffs, and digital units. Police sources confirmed that Meagher’s Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and an SD card, containing images he took on the Bondi Beach “Chanukah by the Sea” occasion earlier than his demise, had been recovered. Authorities allege Ridley pawned the digital camera for $571 (800 Australian {dollars}).

Ridley was arrested and brought to Riverstone Police Station, the place he was charged with alleged stealing offenses, in addition to weapons and drug-related offenses.

‘I Will Treasure That Forever’

Earlier this 12 months, Meagher’s spouse Virginia Wynne-Markham appealed on social media for the return of her husband’s lacking digital camera.

“It is now apparent that someone, other than a known authority, picked up his camera from Archer Park,” she wrote on Facebook in March. “I would very much like to have his camera returned.”

Wynne-Markham says she had initially believed the digital camera was being held as police proof following the December 14 assault. However, when officers returned her husband’s belongings the next Friday – together with his marriage ceremony ring, pockets, keys, telephone, and digital camera lens – the digital camera itself was lacking. She later filed a lacking property report with the police, prompting an investigation.

Wynne-Markham tells ABC News Australia that it was “wonderful” and “the best news” to be taught that the SD card had been recovered.

“Peter was doing exactly what he loved doing,” she says. “That was his chosen profession, and to have evidence of him doing what he was doing… I will treasure that forever.”