Wagga Wagga family charged over alleged domestic murder of Danielle Madgwick
Three Wagga Wagga family members of a man accused of domestic violence have been charged as accessories after the fact over the death of a woman.
At a glance
- Three Wagga Wagga family members were charged as accessories after the fact over an alleged domestic murder.
- Danielle Madgwick, 23, was found with stab wounds in Wagga Wagga and died on 19 September.
- Adam Mark Perrim was charged with domestic violence murder and remanded to reappear on 18 November.
Three family members of a man accused of a domestic violence murder in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, have been charged as accessories after the fact over the mid-September death of Danielle Madgwick.
Emergency services were called to a Wagga Wagga home on the morning of 19 September and found Danielle Madgwick, a 23-year-old woman, suffering multiple stab wounds to her upper body. She died at the scene.
That evening, Adam Mark Perrim, 31, who was alleged to be Madgwick’s partner, was arrested and charged with alleged domestic violence murder. He briefly appeared in court but did not apply for bail and was remanded to reappear on 18 November.
On Monday, NSW police said they had raided the same house over the weekend and arrested two men, aged 18 and 56, and a 53-year-old woman in connection with the alleged murder in mid-September. They were taken to Wagga Wagga police station and each charged with being an accessory after the fact to murder. They appeared in court on Saturday for a committal hearing and were refused bail to next appear on 23 December.
Court documents state the arrested trio were Perrim’s brother, Bailey Perrim, his father, George Maxwell Richard Perrim, and his mother, Julie Ann Collins.
Police will allege in court all three knew Madgwick.
Her death was one of three separate cases across the state investigated as domestic violence-related homicides that weekend. The NSW premier, Chris Minns, said at the time the alleged crimes were "shocking" and his thoughts were with the families and communities of the three women.
Madgwick’s father, Heath Madgwick, paid tribute to his daughter on social media last month on what would have been her 24th birthday. He wrote that words could not describe the emotions, thoughts and feelings experienced over the last four weeks.
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, a woman was killed every 11 days in 2024-25 by her intimate partner.
Source: The Guardian.
Questions and answers
- Who has been charged in the Wagga Wagga domestic murder case?
- Three family members of Adam Mark Perrim were charged as accessories after the fact. They are his brother Bailey Perrim, father George Maxwell Richard Perrim, and mother Julie Ann Collins.
- When did Danielle Madgwick die and who was charged with her murder?
- Danielle Madgwick died on 19 September after being found with stab wounds in Wagga Wagga. Adam Mark Perrim was charged with alleged domestic violence murder and remanded to reappear on 18 November.
- What did the NSW premier say about the alleged domestic violence deaths?
- NSW premier Chris Minns said the alleged crimes were shocking and his thoughts were with the families and communities of the three women. Police said the deaths were among three domestic violence-related homicide investigations that weekend.
