Man charged after body found in Chatswood alley, sparking 12-hour stand-off


A man who spent more than 12 hours in a rooftop stand-off with police, following the discovery of his girlfriend’s body in the laneway below, will remain behind bars after being charged with assault.

June Oh Seo, 37, was arrested by police shortly after 10.30pm on Monday, charged with domestic violence-related assault occasioning actual bodily harm between 4.30am and 4.35am on Monday.



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Man charged after rooftop stand-off

A man has been charged with assault following the discovery of his girlfriend’s body and a 12-hour stand-off with police. Vision: Seven News.

The stand-off and his subsequent arrest followed the harrowing discovery by a passerby of the body of his 34-year-old girlfriend Hee Kyung Choi in an alley off Brown Street, Chatswood about 6.30am on Monday.

Mr Seo did not appear in Hornsby Local Court on Tuesday and did not apply for bail, however he was represented by a legal aid solicitor who requested an adjournment to next Friday, October 20.

Hornsby magistrate Daniel Reiss granted the adjournment, adding that there “may or may not be further charges by then, I gather”. 

Monday’s police operation involving Mr Seo began shortly after 7am, when police were called to an apartment building bordering Brown Street, where he was perched on a perspex roof above a balcony on the 27th floor.

For more than 12 hours police and a Korean interpreter negotiated with Mr Seo, before successfully removing him from the rooftop shortly after 7pm.

After attending Royal North Shore Hospital as a precaution, Mr Seo was taken to Chatswood Police Station where he was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm relating to an earlier incident. 

A police spokesperson said a report would be prepared for the Coroner, in relation to the woman’s death, which was believed to have occurred between 4am and 6am on Monday.

The police operation on Monday took place in front of hundreds of Chatswood office workers, including some in surrounding high-rise buildings overlooking the balcony roof.

At a number of points throughout the stand-off he hung his leg or his head over the edge, often looking down on the crime scene tent erected to conceal the woman’s body in the alley below.

Brown Street remained closed to all vehicles and pedestrians throughout the day, while police had to leave the woman’s body under the crime scene tent due to safety concerns until the man had been brought down off the building.

Mr Seo will appear at Hornsby Local Court via audio-visual link on October 20, with the assistance of a Korean interpreter.

National domestic violence helpline: 1800 737 732

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