Gymea house fire murder-accused Amanda Zukowski dies before trial

A woman due to face trial for the murder of her former partner in a fatal house fire in Sydney’s south has died just weeks before her day in court.

Amanda Zukowski, who was charged with her former partner’s murder, has died weeks before her scheduled trial. Picture: NSW Police

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A woman charged with the alleged murder of a man in a granny flat fire in Sydney’s south has died only weeks before she was due to face trial.

Amanda Zukowski, 49, was charged in June 2018 with the death of her former partner Jeffrey Lindsell, 39, in a fire at his granny flat behind his parents’ Gymea home in October 2017.

Zukowski was charged in June 2018. Picture: NSW Police

A NSW Police spokeswoman confirmed Zukowski had died early on January 12 and there were no suspicious circumstances.

Paramedics conveyed Mr Lindsell from the scene to Royal North Shore Hospital. Picture: Steve Tyson

Zukowski was due to face trial for murder on February 3 after police alleged she deliberately set fire to Mr Lindsell’s granny flat and tampered with the water supply, rendering the garden hose useless when his parents attempted to come to his aid.

He died of his injuries in hospital two days later.

Fire trucks at the scene of the fatal fire in October 2017. Picture: Steve Tyson

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