Sydney stabbing: Mert Ney pleads guilty to killing Michaela Dunn
Mert Ney has admitted he murdered young sex worker Michaela Dunn by slitting her throat, then filmed her lifeless body and sent the video to a friend.
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In the weeks leading up to Mert Ney’s deadly stabbing rampage in the Sydney CBD, police allege he told a friend he wanted to “murder everyone” on a Christchurch massacre-inspired “suicide mission”.
Ney, known as the “CBD stabber”, pleaded guilty in the Central Local Court on Tuesday to murdering sex worker Michaela Dunn in August 2019.
He also pleaded guilty to wounding Lin Bo causing grievous bodily harm and assaulting his sister, Yazel Ney.
Six further charges were dismissed by the prosecution including attempted murder, wounding with intent to murder, being armed with intent to commit an indictable offence, and possessing child abuse material.
Police facts, disputed by Ney, reveal he regularly spoke with gaming friend “M L McCalla” about mass killings and Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant on encrypted messaging app Wickr and Facebook messenger.
Police allege the pair were “mysoginistic”, made homophobic remarks, discussed drug and alcohol abuse and Ney’s sucidal ideations.
The documents show Ney told McCalla: “I hate cops. I wanna murder everyone. I got a hunting knife”.
Speaking about an interaction with police, Ney said: “(officers) shouted ‘come back’ and I stuck up the ISIS finger”.
Mcalla responded: “Should have said ALLLAHHH AKBARRRRR”, meaning ‘God is great’ in Arabic.
Ney said: “Wwyd (What would you do) if I went rampage?”
Three days before Ney murdered Michaela, police will allege in disputed facts he told his mate: “No one can ever recreate (the) Christ Church (massacre)”.
And police will again allege in disputed facts, Ney sent McCalla a video on July 27, 2019 of him sleeping with a woman and said: “C*** today I was choking the hooker and she wasn’t liking it and she kept trying to stop me”.
Agreed facts reveal Mert Ney sent his mate a 10-second video of Michaela Dunn as she lay dead on the floor of a Sydney CBD unit with a sliced throat, and said he had been “laughing”.
In the video, Ney held the phone at arms length with his bloodied left hand near his face and yelled “Allah Akbar”.
Ney proceeded to message his mate, “yeah I’m a f***ing psycho...I was laughing bro”.
A red USB seized from Ney after the attack had the full video of the Christchurch massacre.
Police also seized Ney’s bumbag with two Viagra tablets, a pain-relief drug prescription in someone else’s name, yellow balloons and vaping implements, 52 antipsychotic tablets and 1.6 grams of cannabis.
Ney’s lawyer Zemerai Khatiz said outside court Ney was “very sorry” and added his mental health was improving.
The case was adjourned to December 11 in the Supreme Court.
“I WAS LAUGHING BRO”: SICK VIDEO OF KILLING
Mert Ney sent his mate a 10-second video of Michaela Dunn as she lay dead on the floor of a Sydney CBD unit with a sliced throat, before telling the friend he had just been “laughing”.
Ney, known as the “CBD stabber” pleaded guilty in the Central Local Court on Tuesday to murdering the 24-year-old sex worker in August 2019.
Police facts reveal Ney sent his friend “M L McCalla”, who he met on a gaming website, the video and a series of messages after the murder.
In the video, Ney held the phone at arms length with his bloodied left hand near his face.
He yelled “Allah Akbar” before turning the phone to face the body of Michaela, while he stood over her body. Ney then stuck his head down so his face was in the shot.
Ney then messaged his mate, “yeah I’m a f***ing psycho...I was laughing bro”.
A red USB seized from Ney after the attack had the full video of the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre.
Police allege in disputed facts Ney and McCalla regularly spoke about mass killings and Christchurch killer Brenton Tarrant on encrypted messaging app Wickr and online gaming sites.
They say the pair were “mysoginistic”, made homophobic remarks, discussed drug and alcohol abuse and sucidal ideations.
Police allege Ney observed his thoughts were becoming “paranoid and f****d” from August 13, 2019.
CBD STABBER ADMITS SLASHING SEX WORKER’S THROAT
Killer Mert Ney has admitted he slashed a young sex worker’s throat before running through Sydney’s CBD on a violent bloody rampage.
Michaela Dunn’s mother Joanne attended court on Tuesday to witness Ney plead guilty to murdering her 24-year-old daughter Michaela Dunn in August last year.
Ney killed Michaela in a CBD unit on Clarence Street, before running through the city with a large bloodied butcher knife.
He then stabbed passer-by Lin Bo in the shoulder before frightened witnesses pinned him down on the road with a milk crate and chairs as they waited for police to arrive.
Ney, 22, who appeared via video link in the Central Local Court on Tuesday - wearing collared prison greens - pleaded guilty to three charges including murder, wounding a person with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and assaulting his sister, Yazel Ney.
He also accepted responsibility for being in possession of 1.6 grams of cannabis leaf.
“Yeah, guilty. It was mine,” Ney told the court.
A two-year apprehended violence order applied for by police on behalf of Yazel was granted by Magistrate Megan Greenwood.
“You must not assault, threaten, stalk, harass, destroy or damage any property of Yazel Ney,” Ms Greenwood told Ney.
Six further charges were dismissed by the prosecution including attempted murder, wounding with intent to murder, being armed with intent to commit an indictable offence, and possessing child abuse material.
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The court heard Ney and the prosecution disputed facts surrounding the attacks.
Ney’s lawyer Zemerai Khatiz said outside court these included details of the murder including how many times Michaela was stabbed.
Mr Khatiz told journalists Ney was “very sorry” and added his mental health was improving.
The case was adjourned to December 11 in the Supreme Court.