Sydney Man Jailed for 44 Years Over Stabbing Rampage

Mert Ney is led to a Corrective Services transport vehicle at the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

A man who went on a violent rampage in Sydney’s CBD after murdering a vulnerable woman in a “cruel, brutal attack” has been jailed for at least 33 years.

Mert Ney pleaded guilty to the unprovoked stabbing murder of escort Michaela Dunn, 24, in a Clarence Street apartment on Aug. 13, 2019, after he booked in for a sex work appointment.