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Tradie accused of murdering a young teacher after they met on a dating app is arrested after a 12-hour marathon with the police following the gruesome discovery of her body.
- Man accused of killing teacher Dannielle Finlay-Jones, 31, is arrested by police
- Ashley Gaddie, 33, was embroiled in a dramatic 12-hour standoff with negotiators
- It was on top of a Fletcher’s Lookout in the Blue Mountains.
- The tattooed shopkeeper and Ms Finlay-Jones met on the dating app Tinder
Accused murderer Ashley Gaddie was arrested by police after a 12-hour standoff with police and will now be charged with murder.
The tattooed shopkeeper, 33, was wanted in the alleged murder of a teacher, Dannielle Finlay-Jones, 31, whom he met on a dating app.
She was found dead with serious head injuries at a friend’s house in Cranebrook in western Sydney on Sunday afternoon.
On Tuesday night, response squads invaded the Blue Mountains west of Sydney with specially trained police negotiators engaging with the suspected fugitive. atop one of the precarious cliffs at Fletcher’s Lookout.
Pictured: A Tinder selfie Ashley Gaddie posted of himself in Wentworth Falls, the location where he was locked up in a standoff with police.
Dannielle Finlay-Jones, 31, (pictured) was found dead at her friend’s home in Cranebrook on Sunday, prompting a manhunt for her suspected killer.
“As part of the investigations, officers from the Blue Mountains Police Area Command attended Fletchers Lookout in Wentworth Falls at about 12:30 p.m. yesterday (Tuesday, December 20, 2022),” the New York Police Department said. South Wales in a statement.
‘Officers located a man on the wrong side of the security barriers and requested the assistance of specialized police resources.
Police negotiators attended and engaged in a conversation with the man before he was arrested around 12am today (Wednesday December 21, 2022).
The 33-year-old man is expected to undergo an assessment before being taken to Katoomba police station, where he will be charged with murder.
A police operation in connection with the manhunt for Ashley Gaddie was launched in the Blue Mountains on Tuesday afternoon, with specialist negotiators called