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James Tedesco has finally finished his townhouse project
The Sydney Roosters NRL player began work on the Lurnea
NSW property in 2016 and it's now available for rent
The townhouse has three bedroom and two bathrooms and is on offer for $700 a week
Tedesco bought the property in 2015 for $750,000 and the construction work is estimated to be worth $1.12 million, realestate.com.au reports
The footballer previously revealed he plans to build a sizeable property portfolio
'Property development is the best way to use your money,' the 30-year-old told The Daily Telegraph.
'I am earning more money than the average person so I want to make the most of it while I can.'
He also owns an acreage in Menangle Park for which he paid $1million in 2015 and a Toongabbie apartment bought for $588,000 in 2018
Tedesco owns a $1.75million apartment in the Marbella Rose Bay complex which is being rented for $1950 a week
He sold his Spring Farm building block in 2018 for $670,000 in 2018 after redeveloping it
and owns a Hunters Hill peninsula home worth $5million
Tedesco and his wife Maria Glinellis announced the arrival of their first child in September
The New South Wales and Australian fullback made the announcement on Instagram, posting: 'Our beautiful little Rosie Mae Tedesco. Born 21/9/23. Mum and bub both happy and healthy.'
It has been a big year for Tedesco who got married to Maria in January before the arrival of their baby girl.
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Roosters captain James Tedesco has finally completed his boutique two-storey Lurnea townhouse project and is now seeking tenants
one-bathroom townhouses are listed at $600 a week
two-bathroom townhouses seeking $700 a week through Chiara Giannone at Marando Real Estate South West
Roosters captain James Tedesco is seeking tenants for his Lurnea townhouse project
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PropTrack puts Lurnea’s median house rental at $530 a week
and at $480 a week for units up 2.1 per cent annually
It reflects an annual rental yield of 3.2 per cent for houses and 4.3 per cent for units
Tedesco has been working on the development since 2016
he told The Daily Telegraph’s Dean Ritchie about his plans to build a property portfolio preparing for life after football
Tedesco had bought the 450sq m Hill Rd holding in 2015 for $750,000
The value of the construction works was estimated to be $1.12m in its 2017 development application paperwork
James Tedesco has been working on the development since 2016
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The Sydney Roosters star told Ritchie he was working on his property portfolio with the guidance of his father John and his property mentor Reno Santaguida
“You hear a lot of stories about footy players getting a lot of money and wasting it,” Tedesco told Ritchie
“I have targeted it around where I grew up
“Property development is the best way to use your money
I am earning more money than the average person so I want to make the most of it while I can
I am maturing a bit and starting to know what is best for me.”
Tedesco retains his Menangle Park equestrian acreage
along with a Toongabbie apartment that was bought in 2018 for $588,000
He also owns in the boutique Marbella Rose Bay complex
with the $1.75m apartment put up for rent a few months ago at $1950 a week
Tedesco sold his Spring Farm building block for $670,000 in 2018
having paid $348,000 in 2013 after securing development approval for a four-bedroom house with granny flat
the NSW State of Origin captain and his then fiancee
spent just over $5m for a 2013-built residence on the Hunters Hill peninsula
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ABC NewsBoy shot inside Lurnea home in Sydney's south-west
NSW police sayShare Boy shot inside Lurnea home in Sydney's south-west
NSW police sayTopic:Crime
NSW Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting at Lurnea. (AAP: Dean Lewins)
Link copiedShareShare articleNSW police hope the parents of a five-year-old boy, who was shot at a home at Lurnea in the Sydney's south-west, can shed light on a possible motive.
The child was shot in the hip while playing with his sister in a bedroom inside a home on Morison Drive about 9:00pm last night, New South Wales police said.
A shot was fired at the house, police said, but early investigations suggested the motive for the shooting was unclear.
The injured boy was taken to Liverpool Hospital by his parents.
He was then taken to Westmead Children's Hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.
Superintendent Peter Gillam said officers are talking to the parents, trying to work out what happened.
"The evidence to date suggests that there may be a projectile fired from outside the premises into it," Superintendent Gillam said.
"But, that has not been confirmed at this point in time."
Superintendent Gillam said police hoped to talk to the family about a possible motive for the shooting.
"Obviously, we'll also be talking to the children, once we can get access to the young fellow and his sister."
A neighbour, Aileen Ali, said she did not hear a shot being fired.
"I stood at the front door to see if I could hear any more but it just went quiet after that.
"It sounded like a woman yelling. I couldn't make out what they were saying."
The family's car was being forensically examined as a matter of standard procedure, police said.
Police have set up a crime scene at the home.
Detectives from the Liverpool Local Area Command and police forensic experts were investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
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Tracey Burgess said the judge was "brilliant" in handing down long sentences. (AAP: Nikki Short)
Link copiedShareShare articleA woman who witnessed her son being hacked to death by members of a Sydney gang has applauded the decades-long sentences handed to his killers.
Three members of The United Brotherhood were today given minimum sentences of between 24 and 32 years over the murder of Kesley Burgess in July 2010.
A number of other members of the gang are already in prison over the attack.
Mr Burgess was attacked with meat cleavers after he tried to fend off four intruders with a sword at his home at Lurnea in Sydney's south-west.
The 25-year-old's girlfriend and mother Tracey Burgess witnessed the attack and he died in hospital from his injuries the next night.
A jury found John Khoury, Mohammed Karimi and Mahdi Mir guilty of murder earlier this year and they faced sentencing today.
Khoury and Karimi were both given lengthy sentences, despite the fact they did not participate directly in the attack.
Supreme Court Justice Peter Johnson said Khoury was the gang's leader while Karimi "held a position of trusted lieutenant".
The judge described a spate of home invasions and robberies around the time of the attack on Mr Burgess.
He told the court Khoury "wished to remove competitors in the drug trade" and used the home invasions as initiation rituals for gang members.
Justice Johnson said Karimi waited outside the Burgess home on the night of the attack, but also supplied the weapons involved and helped plan the attack.
The court heard Mir was a "foot soldier" who "wreaked havoc and used lethal force" in the attack on Mr Burgess.
The judge then sentenced Khoury to at least 32 years in prison for the murder and other crimes.
Karimi will spend at least 30 years in jail and Mir was given a minimum sentence of 24 years.
The court heard the last words Mr Burgess said to his mother were, "I'm going to pass out, Mum. I love you".
The judge reflected on how the crime impacted his mother.
"Tracey Burgess was present and witnessed the shocking events that took place in her home that resulted in the death of her son," Justice Johnson said.
Mrs Burgess had to leave court during today's sentencing, telling another of her sons that she could not breathe, but she spoke outside court.
"They slaughtered my beautiful boy on our lounge room floor. They deserve that and more," she said.
"Nothing will ever bring Kesley back, but we have some satisfaction that the judge was just brilliant."
"I really wanted the mothers of the boys that killed my boy to put themselves in my shoes for five minutes, and just picture begging for their son's life. They've got no idea, none."
Kesley Burgess was fatally attacked with meat cleavers in 2010. (Supplied)
"They're not animals, because animals don't do what they've done, believe me. Animals kill to survive.
"They come to my house to kill my boy, and they didn't leave till they did... They stayed until they made sure he was going to die. I'll go to my grave believing that. I re-live that every night, every night."
Mrs Burgess said her son was killed on his younger brother Jacob's 20th birthday.
Text messages tendered to the court between the men involved hinted to the fact that they may have been targeting the younger man.
"Do you want us to do the Jacob job tonight?" one read.
Detective Sergeant Nicholas Sedgwick, who worked on the case, also spoke outside court.
"It's a very harrowing case and a very long investigation. This group of foolish young men went on a four, five-day crime wave and we're very happy there was great police work in the end," he said.
"It's a heinous crime to invade someone's own privacy and have their own house invaded.
"The investigation managed to successfully convict eight people of the one murder, so from a police point of view that's a pleasing result."
eucalypt-lined driveway – which ends in a circle around gardens – and the proportions of this place soon suggest its tale of three separately completed sections
the house displays a mix of hangover Edwardian features (such as those found in the dining room with fireplace) and an astonishing blend of recycled features
Remaining rooms – most bedrooms and bathrooms – were revamped from the ’90s on
Three huge interlinking rooms at one end include a living area with a glorious bay leadlight window
and a gas log fire and hydronic heating to cosy things up
The exposed brick walls and timber cathedral ceiling add to the effect and there’s a fireplace with period surround
French doors from here usher in a conservatory where a wall of tall casement windows (with leadlight transoms) admit north-easterly light and garden views; painted boards line floors and there’s a door to the front verandah
The baltic pine kitchen – with walk-in pantry
electric cooktop and stainless-steel dishwasher and underbench oven – adjoins a slate-floored mudroom and ’50s laundry
there’s a study/sitting room with a wood heater; it abuts a step-up sunroom with parquetry floorboards
A room next door to the study counts as fourth bedroom
The remaining three range along a parquetry-floored hallway which has french doors to the front verandah
The large main bedroom has a walk-in wardrobe
marble-topped period-style vanity and enclosed toilet
Leadlight doors from bedroom and en suite lead to verandahs
one of which houses a spa and becomes a huge deck open to the sun
Outdoor keynotes include a cute one-room cottage
downlights and roller blinds; a Colorbond shed
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ABC NewsMan dies after violent home invasionShare Man dies after violent home invasionTopic:Law, Crime and Justice
Police say four men invaded his home in Lurnea, armed with a machete and an axe. (7pm TV News NSW)
Link copiedShareShare articleA man seriously injured in a home invasion in Sydney's south-west two nights ago has died overnight.
The 25-year old man was slashed on the wrist and ankles by four men who invaded his home in Lurnea, armed with a machete and an axe.
Police say the four men forced their way into the home shortly before 11:45 pm AEST on Thursday night.
The men fought with the 25-year-old, his girlfriend, mother and stepfather, who were at home at the time.
It is believed the 25-year-old was slashed with the machete after coming to the aid of his mother, who received a minor wound to her hand.
The man suffered severe wounds to his wrists, legs, ankles and other parts of his body.
Police and ambulance officers performed first aid on the man, who was taken to Liverpool Hospital in a critical condition suffering major blood loss.
The four men fled the scene in an unknown direction.
Police are still searching for the men involved and the Homicide Squad has been advised.
Police say the victims did not know their attackers.
Anyone with information on the incident should contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000.
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A married teacher has been arrested after allegedly having sex with a student in her car
PE teacher Tayla Brailey, 30, from Australia, was arrested on Tuesday (August 6) and charged with sexual intercourse with a child under her authority
sexually touching a person aged between 17 and 18 and aggravated sexual assault of a child under her authority
was arrested at the Lurnea High School in Sydney
“I am going to jail, aren’t I? I’m going to lose my family, my husband, my job," she allegedly said, The New York Post reports
According to police
The boy had allegedly added Brailey on Snapchat and the pair began exchanging messages
Although the content was said to be non-sexual at first
it's reported that Brailey later started sending nude photos
It's also alleged that the pair had sex in Brailey's car after she contacted the boy while at school and told him she was free for an hour
The teacher then reportedly purchased the morning-after emergency contraception pill after the sexual encounter
“The victim also returned a number of photographs and videos of himself.”
The boy allegedly told police that he felt he had to send Brailey photos to 'keep her happy'
It's reported that contact between them then ended until Brailey allegedly messaged the boy to ask if he had told anyone - which the teen allegedly denied doing so
Brailey was held in custody overnight before being granted conditional bail
where she has been given special conditions
She is under strict house arrest and cannot leave without her parents, enter school grounds or log on to social media
She must also report to police three times a week
Prosecutors have said the case is strong due to the fact Brailey had made admissions and evidence had been taken from the pair's phones
“This is a strong case,” said Magistrate Imad Abdul-Karim
it is inevitable that she would serve a full-time custody.”
her lawyer Patrick Schmidt said: "We're going to wait until we get the brief of evidence
“At the moment we need to get those instructions
She’s been in custody and we’ve only had minimal contact with her.”
A Department for Education spokesperson said: “The safety and welfare of students are our highest priorities
“The department has strong policies and procedures in place to ensure their care and protection and to act when employees are alleged to have engaged in misconduct.”
UNILAD has reached out to NSW Police for further comment
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Rahma El-Dennaoui was just 19 months old when she disappeared from her family home in Sydney's south-western suburbs in the early hours of November 10, 2005.
An extensive investigation, including land and air searches, has found no trace of the toddler and a coronial inquest held two years ago failed to unearth a convincing explanation for her disappearance.
However, almost 10 years on, police may be closer to finding out just who is responsible.
In an exclusive interview with Daily Mail Australia, Detective Chief Inspector Pamela Young from the NSW Homicide Squad, revealed that her team is working with 'hundreds of pieces of information'.
'The passage of time often brings with it new chances for us,' she said.
Det Insp Young wouldn't elaborate on what the 'new chances' of a breakthrough are but with the increased reward of $250,000, bumped up from $100,000 in 2012 in place for anyone with information which leads to an arrest, more details have begun to emerge.
'There must always be an element of surprise with our strategies so we can’t always let the community know what actions we are taking,' Det Insp Young said.
'One thing is for sure, we are not leaving Rahma alone out there until we know what has happened to her.'
The events of the early hours of November 10, 2005, when 19-month-old Rahma El-Dennaoui disappeared, remain as mysterious now as they were for investigators back then.
She went missing from her Hill Road, Lurnea home between 2am and 8am that day, while sleeping alongside two of her sisters. Investigators found that a fly screen to the bedroom had been cut.
Almost 10 years have passed since that day, bringing 'hundreds of pieces of information'.
Det Insp Young said that with the increased reward money being offered, there has been even more assistance from the public in their search for answers.
'Over the years we have received hundreds of pieces of information from the public which shows that the community are fully engaged in helping us work out what has happened with Rahma,' she said.
'Unfortunately, the information has not yet led us to the truth.'
The Rahma El-Dennaoui mystery in Australia bears some resemblance to the disappearance of 4-year-old Madeleine McCann in Portugal. The UK girl has not been seen since May 3, 2007 when she went missing from her family's holiday apartment.
However, UK police have been urged to wind up the hunt for Madeleine after authorities reportedly spent almost $20 million on the case, with no arrests made.
The El-Dennaoui case, however, was referred back to the Homicide Squad in late 2012, after a coronial inquest before Deputy State Coroner Sharon Freund failed to come up with answers.
'Rahma El-Dennaoui did not simply vanish into thin air,' the coroner said.
She did not accept the family's belief that a total stranger had abducted their daughter but at the same time conceded the possibility that someone may have taken the little girl to raise as their own.
The coroner also said that there was 'no conclusive evidence' to suggest the 19-month-old's family had staged her kidnapping. However, she added that there were a number of 'troubling' aspects to their version of events and telephone intercepts revealed what she termed 'puzzling' behaviour from what was supposed to be a grieving family.
'In particular, the joking and laughing by Rahma's parents with third parties about the kidnapping and the splitting of the reward money, the specific references to avoiding talking about the inquest on the telephone and actually talking in code,' Deputy Coroner Freund said.
During the lengthy inquiry, Rahma's mother, Alyaa El-Dennaoui, was asked by counsel assisting the coroner, Robert Bromwich SC, about a joke she and her sister shared during a recorded telephone conversation.
'Do you see anything wrong with making jokes about your daughter's disappearance?' he asked at the time.
'Do you mean am I not allowed to laugh?,' Mrs El-Dennaoui said through an interpreter.
In another intercepted call played in court, the child's father, Hosayn El-Dennaoui, had discussed the search for his daughter's body.
He was asked if police were going to dig up a property. 'Maybe they will, but God knows how many bodies they'll find,' he said.
The toddler's father was also forced to deny he was a well-known drug dealer at the time and that his daughter may have accidentally swallowed an ecstasy pill that night.
Rahma's father was also heard to call the toddler's aunt, Rouba Dennaoui, the night before she gave evidence at the inquest, on April 12.
Mrs Dennaoui told the court that during the taped conversation several references to "cutting the grass" could have been misunderstood and thought she was referring to actual gardening.
Mrs Dennaoui was asked what she meant when she was taped saying "cutting the grass is not any good, OK, that's it then".
She told counsel assisting, 'I've got nothing to hide' but agreed she used the phrase "cutting the grass" because she 'had a feeling' her conversations could have been intercepted.
'It gives a rather suspicious flavour to what was taking place the night before you were giving evidence to this inquest,' Mr Bromwich told her.
Mrs Dennaoui agreed she was 'irritated' at being asked to give evidence at the inquest and at the media attention focused on her family.
'(Not) everything we talk about is Rahma's disappearance or the inquest. We've got our own lives too,' she said.
Earlier, two witnesses told the inquest that Rahma's aunt was looking after her on the night of her disappearance.
The court had heard from witnesses claiming that the toddler had been sick the night of her disappearance and had been running a temperature.
There were also conflicting reports as to where Rahma was sleeping and police have continued to investigate suggestions that baby Rahma may have been taken from Australia, possibly to Lebanon.
'We are always checking various sources and intelligence for something of meaning to the case and actively look for the next best opportunity and strategy to apply to the case,' Det Insp Young added.
Police confirmed to Daily Mail Australia that there been ongoing dialogue with the family.
'We have had a lot of dealings with Rahma’s parents, but sometimes too much contact from us only reminds them of what has happened...it’s important for us to keep this in mind and they ring us when they feel the need.'
Det Insp Young said: 'All missing person cases are confronting to investigate. A child who disappears from her home and from her loving siblings is particularly touching and motivating.'
To the final question, do you ever lose hope of solving such a crime, came a firm and direct response. 'No.'
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ABC NewsNo finding in case of missing toddlerShare No finding in case of missing toddlerTopic:Missing Person
Rahma El-Dennaoui went missing from her family's home in Sydney's south-west at Lurnea in November 2005. (NSW Police Force)
Link copiedShareShare articleA coroner says there is not enough evidence to conclude the fate of a Sydney toddler who disappeared seven years ago.
Rahma El-Dennaoui was last seen at her family's Lurnea home, in the city's south west in November 2005.
After a four week-long hearing with more than 40 witnesses, it took Deputy State Coroner Sharon Freund just 10 minutes to read out her findings into the 21-month-old's disappearance.
Coroner Sharon Freund handed down an open finding, saying there was not enough evidence to conclude the girl is dead.
In her remarks, she said the inquest had revealed some unsettling issues in the evidence given by Rahma El-Dennaoui's family.
In particular, tapped phone calls in which the girl's parents joked and laughed about her disappearance.
But Coroner Freund said there was not enough evidence to conclude the toddler had been abducted or killed, or who was responsible for her disappearance.
She added there was no conclusive evidence implicating the family and that other possibilities remain.
Rahma El-Dennaoui's uncle, Said Dennaoui, says he still wants to know what happened.
"We do not accept anything, anyone from the family being involved for Rahma disappear," he said.
"In the end we welcome the investigation to go forward, because at the end of the day we want to know what's happened to her."
The toddler's father Hoseyn El-Dennaoui says he is pleased with the findings, even though the family hasn't been cleared of involvement.
Outside the court he said he hoped the case would be solved.
"We want to know. We don't know what happened to her," he said.
"Me and my wife, we don't done nothing to Rahma."
The case has been referred back to the homicide squad and Detective Sergeant Nick Sedgwick, who led the investigation into the toddler's disappearance, says he is determined to solve it.
"We won't stop until we know what happened to Rahma," he said.
He has urged the community to come forward with any information.
"The investigation into what happened to Rahma is ongoing, it won't stop until those responsible are brought to justice," he said.
"We remind the community there's a large reward in place and we urge them to come forward with any information."
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A $250,000 reward is in place in relation to the disappearance of Sydney toddler Rahma El-Dennaoui in November 2005
Police were told that 19-month-old Rahma went missing from a bedroom in her family's Lurnea home between the hours of 2am and 8am on November 10
Police launched an intensive land and air search but Rahma has never been found
The Homicide Squad has been continuing investigations into Rahma’s disappearance under Strike Force Kilt
Anyone with information about Rahma’s disappearance should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000
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