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It’s not a park: the Ryde Civic Centre site opposite Top Ryde Shopping Centre that remains a grassed-over hole in the ground.

Ryde’s hole in the ground stays as council raises ‘serious probity concern’

Councillors were asked to report any discussions they had with developers after staff received information about the civic centre project.

  • Anthony Segaert and Cindy Yin

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City of Ryde deputy CEO Michael Galderisi, CEO Wayne Rylands, and governance boss Graham Humphreys.

Sydney council boss and senior staff placed on leave after secret four-hour meeting

The decision was made after councillors were called to a closed-door meeting with just a few hours’ notice.

  • Anthony Segaert and Cindy Yin
Police have released new CCTV as investigations continue into kidnapping and murder of Chris Baghsarian.

CCTV released, police seek three more men over Sydney grandfather’s death

The trio are seen walking towards the kidnapping stronghold on the night of Chris Baghsarian’s abduction.

  • Jamie Berry and Riley Walter
Casualties from outside the underworld (clockwise from left): John Versace, Matt Uttai, Thi Kim Tran, Chris Baghsarian.

There was once a code even the most ruthless crims lived by. Those days are long gone

Accepted norms in Sydney’s underworld are crumbling and the vicious killing of Chris Baghsarian is just one example of the shift.

  • Riley Walter
Daniel Stevens, 24 (left), and Gerard Andrews, 29.

A cigarette butt, a burnt car and Pig Latin: Inside the hunt for alleged killers of Sydney grandfather

Shocking details of the case can be revealed after sources revealed the full allegations against two men to the Herald.

  • Perry Duffin, Riley Walter and Amber Schultz
Chris Baghsarian was allegedly abducted from his home on February 13.

The crucial mistakes that brought Chris Baghsarian’s alleged killers undone

The grandfather’s alleged killers botched a crime that gripped Sydney and blurred the line between innocent bystanders and the criminal underworld.

  • Riley Walter
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Men charged with kidnap and murder of Sydney grandfather

Heavily armed police arrested two men less than 24 hours after the remains of Chris Baghsarian, 85, were found dumped near a golf course.

  • Riley Walter
Chris Baghsarian

The ‘sweetest’ man: A beloved Sydney grandfather’s gentle life and harrowing end

Born in the Armenian quarter of Jerusalem, Chris Baghsarian was a gentle, friendly father of two who was allegedly murdered in a bungled kidnapping.

  • Amber Schultz
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Intended victims taunt bungling kidnappers of Sydney grandfather

Elderly widower Chris Baghsarian lived a quiet life and had never fallen foul of the law. Only a few doors down, the colourful Stepanyan family was only too well known to the police.

  • Perry Duffin, Kate McClymont and Riley Walter
Chris Baghsarian was kidnapped from his North Ryde home on February 13.

Grandfather’s body dumped at golf course day after kidnapping

Police believe human remains found on Tuesday are those of Chris Baghsarian, who was taken from his Sydney home on February 13 in a suspected case of mistaken identity.

  • Riley Walter and Daniel Lo Surdo