Sydney woman sentenced for killing and dismembering abusive husband

<p>‘Disposal of the body in this case was as thorough as it was brutal,’ justice Peter Hamill said when sentencing 55-year-old Nirmeen Noufl</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/sep/18/labor-migration-plan-tony-burke-coalition-qantas-renewable-energy-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p></p><p>A woman who lied to police multiple times to cover up killing and dismembering her abusive husband will spend a further 12 months in jail.</p><p>Nirmeen Noufl was sentenced on Friday to at least three years in jail after pleading guilty in August to killing her husband, Mamdouh Noufl, in excessive self-defence while she was being choked and assaulted in their Sydney home.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/18/sydney-woman-nirmeen-noufl-sentenced-killing-and-dismembering-abusive-husband-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>