Coffs Harbour: Woman, 38, charged with accessory after the fact to the murder of Warren West

Detectives investigating the alleged murder of a north coast man have arrested and charged a woman they allege was an accessory after the fact. Read the latest here.

NSW Police forensics officers at the scene on Kurrajong St, Coffs Harbour on September 26 last year. Picture: Toni Moon/NewsLocal

A woman has been charged with being an accessory after the fact to the murder of popular Coffs Harbour man Warren West four months ago.

Mr West, 41, died in Coffs Harbour Hospital after he was found suffering critical injuries in the early hours of September 26.

Emergency services were called to Kurrajong St at Coffs Harbour about 4.15am.

Strike Force Sandbach was established with Coffs-Clarence investigators joining forces with detectives from the Mid North Coast and Richmond police districts and the state’s homicide squad.

A man, 24, was arrested about a fortnight later and charged with murder.

Warren West

He remains before the courts.

Police said that further investigators had led them to arrest a 38-year-old at Coffs Harbour police station on Tuesday.

She has been charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder and carrying a cutting weapon upon apprehension.

The woman was refused bail to face Coffs Harbour Local Court on Wednesday.

Originally published as Coffs Harbour: Woman, 38, charged with accessory after the fact to the murder of Warren West