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Photographer charged with stealing camera of Bondi shooting victim after attack

BBC News · May 21, 2026, 1:23 AM · Also reported by 3 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Lana Lam Sydney Supplied: NSW Police/Randwick Rugby.
  • The man, 35, was arrested and charged on Wednesday after police raided his home in Sydney's western suburbs and seized a camera, handcuffs and electronic devices.
  • Police allege the man stole the equipment belonging to Peter Meagher, a retired police officer and photographer, who was working at the Hanukkah event and killed after two gunmen allegedly opened fire on the crowd.

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Lana Lam Sydney Supplied: NSW Police/Randwick Rugby. A man has been charged after allegedly stealing the camera of a Bondi shooting victim. A photographer allegedly stole the camera equipment of one of the victims of the Bondi beach gun attack before pawning it days after the mass shooting that claimed 15 lives.

The man, 35, was arrested and charged on Wednesday after police raided his home in Sydney's western suburbs and seized a camera, handcuffs and electronic devices.

Police allege the man stole the equipment belonging to Peter Meagher, a retired police officer and photographer, who was working at the Hanukkah event and killed after two gunmen allegedly opened fire on the crowd.

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