Sydney’s Milk Crate Murder: Inside the trial of Mert Ney

A knife-wielding attacker, a city in chaos, and a chase imprinted in the minds of Sydneysiders. On August 13, 2019, Mert Ney unleashed a brutal stabbing rampage through Sydney’s CBD.

A warning: this article contains descriptions of violence against women

Ney callously murdered 24-year-old Michaela Dunn in a Clarence Street apartment, and then filmed himself standing over the body to send to a man on Facebook.

“I’m fucking psycho,” he wrote. “I was laughing bro. The fear.”

Step inside the courtroom as Crime Insiders uncovers the shocking details of the judgement of Mert Ney:

Following the murder, 20-year-old Ney paraded the streets of Sydney with a knife, shouting “Allah Akbar” and daring onlookers to kill him.

During the rampage, he stabbed 41-year-old woman Lin Bo before being dramatically chased down and apprehended by brave bystanders, famously armed with chairs and a milk crate.

During Ney’s trial, Justice Peter Johnson heard evidence from psychological experts, police, and prosecutors. 

Johnson described Ney’s actions as a “violent, terrifying and chaotic rampage”. 

Ney pleaded guilty to the murder of Michaela Dunn, as well as wounding Lin Bo and other related offences.

In deciding Ney’s sentence, the court considered factors such as the premeditated nature of the attack, incidents leading up to that day, the impact on victims and witnesses, and Ney’s mental health.

Was Mert Ney an evil terrorist as some called him, or was this something far more complex? Find out on the first episode of Crime Insiders: Judgements.