SNAPPER POINT MURDER ACCUSED FACING EXTRA CHARGES

An additional 27 charges have been laid against a man, accused of murdering his wife’s neice and dumping her body in a blowhole at Snapper Point.

Police allege Derek Barrett stabbed Chinese university student Mengmei Leng to death at Campsie on the ANZAC Day long weekend, while his wife was away.

The 25-year-old’s naked body was found floating inside a blowhole at Snapper Point on Sunday the 24th of April.

Today detectives investigating her death laid extra charges against the former IT worker, including five counts of committing an act of indecency and acts of filming a person’s private parts without consent.

Barrett is behind bars on remand, with his case due to return to court in August.