Add CategoryAS madman Man Haron Monis held 18 hostages in Sydney’s CBD, police were trawling through the junk-filled “lair†of the terrorist.
Officers were cautious as they entered his Wiley Park unit on Monday, taking numerous bags of evidence with them.
Yesterday, The Daily Telegraph was given an insight into the erratic lifestyle of the 50-year-old killer.
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Man Haron Monis’ unit in Wiley Park / Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied
His garage door was open, revealing a jumble of shopping, paint tins, a used train ticket, a door off its hinges and bathroom cabinets. On his balcony, clothes were drying.
One neighbour said he saw police taking about a dozen bags of evidence and yesterday an unused forensics catalogue tag had been left outside the front door.
Losaline Taiamoni said she recognised Monis on TV during the siege as the man she had waved to sitting only metres away on his balcony, drinking coffee and smoking.
Monis never waved back.
Man Haron Monis. Source: News Corp Australia
The unit was rented in March but the lease was not in Monis’ name. It is believed Amirah Droudis had rented the unit for Monis who had previously been living with her and her family at their Belmore home only 3km away.
“He never said anything. When I saw him on the news I was sure he was the man who was sitting there. They were a bit weird. Very secretive,†Ms Taiamoni said.
“When they moved in they didn’t want anyone to see what they were doing and they always closed their curtains.
Man Haron Monis / Picture: Cameron Richardson Source: News Corp Australia
“They hardly came out. At night time there were noises (in the garage) of a car or a bike.â€
The Taiamoni family, like thousands of Sydneysiders, laid flowers at Martin Place yesterday, now painfully aware how close they had been living to a deranged murderer.
Ms Droudis returned to her parents’ Belmore home early yesterday after reporting to police on bail.
Police raided the Belmore home on Tuesday.
Within hours of Monis bursting into the Lindt cafe, police were scouring his home.
Man Haron Monis’ unit in Wiley Park / Picture: Supplied Source: Supplied