Police arrest trio over woman’s camp site death

Three people have been arrested in dramatic scenes outside a western Sydney home in connection to an alleged murder at a camp site in Victoria.

Forensic evidence is collected from the scene of the death. Picture: Alison Wynd

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Heavily armed police have stormed a western Sydney home, arresting three people wanted for questioning over the death of a woman who died in a tent fire in Victoria.

Maddison Parrott, 29, was found among the burnt out remains of a tent at Geelong Showgrounds on Tuesday.

Police make an arrest in Gipps Rd, Greystanes on Thursday. Picture: Justin Lloyd

A man is treated by ambulance officers after the arrest. Picture: Justin Lloyd

About 3pm on Thursday Victorian homicide detectives assisted by NSW Tactical Operations Unit officers, raided a home on Gipps Rd, Greystanes.

Paramedics treated the trio at the house, two men and a woman, who were injured during the arrests, before they were taken to a police station.

A woman is also accompanied from the Gipps Rd, Greystanes, Sydney, where they arrested three people this afternoon. Picture: Justin Lloyd

The three are expected to face court on Friday, where Victorian police will apply to extradite them.

Acting on information the group may have been armed, police took no chances with the arrests.

“We got the guns over the fence and stuff like that. They were being pretty serious. It was a bit scary,” a neighbour told Channel 7.

Fire death victim Maddison Parrott. Picture: Facebook

Ms Parrot, who was a store manager at a Platypus Shoes store until a year ago, had separated from her husband of three years.

The break-up was acrimonious, one source told The Daily Telegraph, while another said she had struggled after the split.

The remains of the tent where Ms Parrott died at Geelong Showgrounds. Picture: Alison Wynd

Paul King, who was camping at the site, told the Geelong Advertiser on Tuesday that he saw two men setting up the tent on Sunday, which was a “glamping-style set up”.

Other campers said it looked like a “mini circus tent” with a “high peak and low walls”.

Ms Parrott’s body is removed from the site of the fire. Picture: Alison Wynd