Tammie Farrugia was on the hunt in the weeks before Christmas and posted on the Facebook pages of multiple local community groups, police allege.
Tammie Farrugia was on the hunt in the weeks before Christmas and posted on the Facebook pages of multiple local community groups, police allege.
By Sally Rawsthorne
Updated January 21, 2025 — 12.30pmfirst published at 11.50am
In the weeks before Christmas, Tammie Farrugia was on the hunt.
“Anyone got any plastic Jerry cans plz let me know thanks in advance,” she allegedly posted on the Facebook pages of multiple local community groups on December 10.
Farrugia is alleged to have obtained five jerry cans in the leadup to an antisemitic attack in Woollahra on December 11.
“Death 2 Israiel” and “Kill Israiel” were scrawled across the garden walls of homes on Magney Street about 1am, with messages also sprayed on the footpath outside. A car at the scene, which police believe was stolen, was also set alight.
Farrugia was arrested at a Liverpool home on Monday morning and charged with participating in a criminal group, being an accessory before the fact to destroy or damage property and being in a stolen car.
The mother of five children is accused of being in the car that was driven to a meeting point, court documents obtained by the Herald state.
She is accused of being part of a criminal group with at least two other people, the documents allege.
The accessory before the fact charge relates to the Facebook post about the jerry cans, sources with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed.
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On Tuesday, she briefly appeared in Liverpool Local Court, where her Legal Aid lawyer did not apply for bail, which was formally refused for her to re-appear in the same court early next month.
Last month, police came to the home Farrugia shared with her partner, Scott Marshall, and executed a search warrant. He is now facing unrelated charges and remains on remand in Parklea Correctional Centre.
On Tuesday morning, Premier Chris Minns and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended a Maroubra childcare centre torched in the latest antisemitic incident in Sydney.
Minns praised the work of investigators on Strike Force Pearl, which was set up to combat the antisemitic attacks plaguing Sydney.
“Just yesterday, police made a breakthrough in relation to an investigation in Woollahra late last year,” he said.
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Sally Rawsthorne is a crime reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via Twitter or email.
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