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Sydney Morning Herald
4 days ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Man charged after airport gun drama rearrested over alleged Central Station assaults
A 41-year-old man who allegedly resisted arrest at Sydney Airport on Wednesday, leading to a scuffle that saw a police officer's firearm discharged inside the terminal, has been rearrested over a series of random alleged assaults at Central Station. A little less than 36 hours after the airport ruckus, Victorian man Nicholas Teplin was arrested again, after he allegedly assaulted four commuters at Central Station on Thursday afternoon, and then a police officer inside Surry Hills police station. Police were called to the station's main concourse following reports that a 45-year-old man had been punched in the face, causing him to fall to the floor and for his nose to bleed. After the first assault, police will allege Teplin struck two men in the head as he walked through the concourse. Teplin then allegedly approached a fourth man, aged in his 20s, and attempted to take a bag from his shoulders, leading to a scuffle. NSW Police officers intervened and arrested the man. Police, who said the attacks were 'random', are appealing for anyone threatened during the incident to come forward. 'There was no reason for him to attack those people he allegedly attacked,' Sydney City Police Area Command's Chief Inspector Gary Coffey told reporters on Friday. While at Surry Hills police station, Teplin allegedly assaulted a male constable by pushing him in the chest. 'He was [allegedly] combative in custody,' Coffey said.
The Australian
5 days ago
- The Australian
Victorian man Nicholas Teplin in court over alleged Sydney Airport scuffle, train station assaults
The man police allege is at the centre of the Sydney Airport firearm incident made a series of 'bizarre' comments to police after he was re-arrested for an alleged string of assaults, a court has been told. Victorian man Nicholas Teplin, 41, was bailed after a scuffle with police at the airport on Wednesday, where an Australian Federal Police member's firearm was unintentionally discharged. According to police, he was allegedly acting suspiciously in the T2 domestic terminal and, when approached by officers, became 'verbally and physically aggressive'. Mr Teplin was arrested and bailed on charges of obstructing a Commonwealth official and creating a disturbance at an airport. A man was arrested after a police firearm was discharged at Sydney Airport. Picture: 2GB But in a twist, Mr Teplin was re-arrested at the Central Railway Station in Sydney's CBD on Thursday afternoon. NSW Police allege he punched a 45-year-old man in the head, causing him to fall to the floor and suffer a nose bleed. It's alleged he then struck two men along the concourse and attempted to grab a bag from a fourth before officers intervened. Later, while in custody at Surry Hills police station, it's alleged he pushed a male constable in the chest. Mr Teplin was charged with hinder or resist a police officer, affray, assault of a police officer, assault occasioning bodily harm and common assault. Police closed off an area of the Sydney Domestic Airport. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short He appeared in the Bail division court on Friday afternoon via a video link from Surry Hills police station, wearing a black hoodie. Mr Teplin's lawyer, David Newham, told the court he'd spoken with the accused man and his partner. 'His partner has flown up from Melbourne and the plan was to pick him up and take him back but ultimately these matters have happened,' he said. 'His partner does tell me he's been on medication for the last 5 years for PTSD.' Mr Newham told the court his proposal was to have his client released to a hospital to have his mental health assessed, noting Mr Teplin's partner and mother 'have no issue with him being assessed in care'. 'It's in the community's best interest that this man gets assessed as opposed to going into the prison system,' he said. A firearm was discharged. Picture: 2GB No one was injured. Picture: 2GB Police prosecutor Sergeant Andrew Maldigri opposed the move, saying there was insufficient evidence to show Mr Teplin was mentally unwell or impaired. The court was told the accused man told police: 'I know I'm going to get bail like always' and also suggested he was a 'consultant for Legal Aid Queensland'. 'That to me suggests he's not mentally ill.. He's lucid enough to understand his situation,' Sergeant Maldigri argued. The presiding magistrate disagreed, pointing to Mr Teplin's 'unusual' alleged behaviour at both the airport and train station and 'bizarre' comments recorded in police fact sheets. 'Mr Teplin I'm sending you to hospital for assessment if you not found to be mentally ill, you'll be brought back before the court,' the magistrate said. An investigation into the incident is ongoing. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short According to AFP Acting Commander Scott Raven, an investigation has been launched into the cause of the firearm discharge. 'The AFP is investigating the circumstances around the discharge of the weapon however the alleged actions of this man and aggressiveness towards police created a volatile situation,' he said. 'The AFP does not tolerate antisocial or aggressive behaviour at airports and our aviation officers acted swiftly after receiving a request for assistance from an airline,' a/Cmdr Raven said.' Read related topics: Sydney Airport Liam Beatty Journalist Liam Beatty is a court reporter with NCA NewsWire. He has previously worked in newsrooms in Victoria and Western Australia. Liam Beatty
The Guardian
5 days ago
- The Guardian
Man arrested over Sydney airport scuffle back in custody after alleged assault at Central train station
A Victorian man involved in an airport scuffle in which a police gun was accidentally fired is back in custody for allegedly assaulting several people the next day. Nicholas Teplin, 41, faced a court on Friday on allegations he hit three men in the head at Sydney's Central railway station and then shoved a police officer while in custody. He allegedly approached a man and punched him in the face at the station on Thursday afternoon, causing the alleged victim to fall on the floor with a bleeding nose, police said. The 41-year-old then struck another two men in the head as he made his way through the station's concourse, police allege. Sign up: AU Breaking News email Police arrested him as he tried to grab the bag of a fourth man. Teplin was charged with multiple offences, including assault of a police officer after he allegedly pushed a constable in the chest while in custody. The episode came the day after an errant bullet was fired at Sydney airport while Australian federal police arrested the Victorian man. Police were alerted to Teplin's suspicious behaviour at the check-in counters in the T2 domestic terminal. When officers tried to speak to him, he allegedly became aggressive. A shot was fired from an officer's short-barrelled rifle during the tussle, police said, with the bullet becoming lodged in the oven of a nearby cafe. The AFP declined to detail how the gun came to be discharged, citing an internal investigation. Teplin had also been on the police radar for disruptive demeanour at the airport on Tuesday. While not having specific medical evidence for Teplin's condition, Sydney magistrate Daniel Covington on Friday ordered him to receive a mental health assessment. He described the police fact sheet as 'bizarre' – in particular, 'bizarre comments' Teplin allegedly made to federal police officers at the airport. Sign up to Breaking News Australia Get the most important news as it breaks after newsletter promotion Prosecutors argued there was insufficient evidence to support Teplin's mental illness, pointing to him allegedly telling police after his arrest on Thursday: 'I know I'm going to get bail, like always'. The comment was inconclusive, Teplin's lawyer David Newham said, adding that Teplin had been medicated for PTSD for the past five years. 'It's in the community's best interest that this man gets assessed,' he told the court. Teplin will be detained until he is assessed by a psychiatrist and will return to court if the doctors do not find evidence of mental ill-health. Teplin will appear in court in September. He faces charges of obstructing or resisting a federal official and creating a disturbance at an airport over the incident.
News.com.au
5 days ago
- News.com.au
Victorian man Nicholas Teplin in court over alleged Sydney Airport scuffle, train station assaults
The man police allege is at the centre of the Sydney Airport firearm incident made a series of 'bizarre' comments to police after he was re-arrested for an alleged string of assaults, a court has been told. Victorian man Nicholas Teplin, 41, was bailed after a scuffle with police at the airport on Wednesday, where an Australian Federal Police member's firearm was unintentionally discharged. According to police, he was allegedly acting suspiciously in the T2 domestic terminal and, when approached by officers, became 'verbally and physically aggressive'. Mr Teplin was arrested and bailed on charges of obstructing a Commonwealth official and creating a disturbance at an airport. But in a twist, Mr Teplin was re-arrested at the Central Railway Station in Sydney's CBD on Thursday afternoon. NSW Police allege he punched a 45-year-old man in the head, causing him to fall to the floor and suffer a nose bleed. It's alleged he then struck two men along the concourse and attempted to grab a bag from a fourth before officers intervened. Later, while in custody at Surry Hills police station, it's alleged he pushed a male constable in the chest. Mr Teplin was charged with hinder or resist a police officer, affray, assault of a police officer, assault occasioning bodily harm and common assault. He appeared in the Bail division court on Friday afternoon via a video link from Surry Hills police station, wearing a black hoodie. Mr Teplin's lawyer, David Newham, told the court he'd spoken with the accused man and his partner. 'His partner has flown up from Melbourne and the plan was to pick him up and take him back but ultimately these matters have happened,' he said. 'His partner does tell me he's been on medication for the last 5 years for PTSD.' Mr Newham told the court his proposal was to have his client released to a hospital to have his mental health assessed, noting Mr Teplin's partner and mother 'have no issue with him being assessed in care'. 'It's in the community's best interest that this man gets assessed as opposed to going into the prison system,' he said. Police prosecutor Sergeant Andrew Maldigri opposed the move, saying there was insufficient evidence to show Mr Teplin was mentally unwell or impaired. The court was told the accused man told police: 'I know I'm going to get bail like always' and also suggested he was a 'consultant for Legal Aid Queensland'. 'That to me suggests he's not mentally ill.. He's lucid enough to understand his situation,' Sergeant Maldigri argued. The presiding magistrate disagreed, pointing to Mr Teplin's 'unusual' alleged behaviour at both the airport and train station and 'bizarre' comments recorded in police fact sheets. 'Mr Teplin I'm sending you to hospital for assessment if you not found to be mentally ill, you'll be brought back before the court,' the magistrate said. According to AFP Acting Commander Scott Raven, an investigation has been launched into the cause of the firearm discharge. 'The AFP is investigating the circumstances around the discharge of the weapon however the alleged actions of this man and aggressiveness towards police created a volatile situation,' he said. 'The AFP does not tolerate antisocial or aggressive behaviour at airports and our aviation officers acted swiftly after receiving a request for assistance from an airline,' a/Cmdr Raven said.'
Daily Mail
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Airport gun drama accused is unmasked - and you won't BELIEVE who his TV star mother is
The mother of a man allegedly involved in a scuffle with Australian Federal Police at Sydney Airport when a gun was discharged is a well-known actress and TikTok beauty influencer. Nicholas Teplin, 41, from Melbourne, faced court on Friday on a string of fresh charges after he was detained by NSW Police at Central Station on Thursday, where he allegedly assaulted four men. The arrest came 36 hours after a separate alleged incident in which he tried to grab a federal police officer's firearm during an arrest at the domestic airport terminal. Magistrate Daniel Covington ordered Teplin to receive a mental health assessment when he appeared in court on Friday. 'It is a bizarre set of facts with bizarre comments made to the AFP officers,' he remarked. Teplin will be detained until he is assessed by a psychiatrist and will return to court if the doctors do not find evidence of mental ill-health. Daily Mail can reveal that his mother is Jhyll Teplin, who's best known for playing Ja'mie's mother Jhyll King on the hit ABC shows Summer Heights High and Ja'mie: Private School Girl. A source claimed that Teplin has been estranged from his mother and brother, a real estate agent in Melbourne, for a number of years. Ms Teplin was born and raised in South Africa, where she travelled the world working as a fashion designer. She spent time raising her two young sons in Portugal in the late 1980s before the family moved to Australia in 1992. The entrepreneur had businesses in clothing and skincare and was once asked to create a herbal tea for the late US pop star Michael Jackson. She first appeared on Australian screens in 2005 as Jhyll King in the ABC mockumentary sitcom We Can Be Heroes: Finding the Australian of the Year, which starred and was co-written by Chris Lilley. She reprised the role as the mother of private schoolgirl Ja'mie on Summer Heights High in 2007 and again in Ja'mie: Private School Girl. Now in her 70s, Ms Teplin is a beauty influencer who has amassed millions of views for her makeup, skincare, wellness and life advice. The grandmother has a combined following of almost 900,000 on TikTok and Instagram, and has almost 20million likes on social media. Ms Teplin previously revealed she spends up to six hours a day creating content and personally responds to the hundreds of messages she receives from fans. However, her family and private life are off-limits. Ms Teplin was still sharing content as her estranged son's arrests made headlines. Before becoming estranged from his family, records show Teplin lived with his mother in a waterfront apartment in Melbourne, which last year sold for $2.4million. Teplin was detained by NSW Police at Central Station on Thursday afternoon, where he allegedly assaulted four men on the suburban concourse. One man, 45, was left with a bloodied nose after he was allegedly punched in the face, which caused him to fall to the ground. Two more men were allegedly struck in the head. Police allege Teplin attempted to steal a bag from a fourth man before officers swooped. They also allege he later assaulted a male constable by pushing him in the chest while in custody at Surry Hills police station. Teplin was charged with a string of offences, including resisting police in the execution of duty, affray, assaulting an officer in execution of duty, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and common assault. Prosecutors told the court on Friday that there was insufficient evidence to support Teplin's mental illness, pointing to him allegedly telling police after his arrest on Thursday: 'I know I'm going to get bail, like always'. Teplin's lawyer David Newham argued that the comment was inconclusive, arguing that his client had been medicated for PTSD for the past five years. 'It's in the community's best interest that this man gets assessed,' he told the court. NSW Police Chief Inspector Gary Coffey declined to comment on Friday about the AFP decision to grant Teplin bail on Wednesday but said police made decisions based on the risks that were known at that time. Police later released vision of a handcuffed Teplin arriving at Surry Hills police station in the back of a paddy wagon following Thursday's arrest. Dressed in a black hoodie and pants, he was escorted inside the station by two officers. The alleged incident came a day after AFP officers responded to a request for assistance from an airline about a man allegedly acting suspiciously at a check-in counter in the T2 domestic terminal on Wednesday morning. Two officers allegedly wrestled the man to the ground before a gun was accidentally fired in the struggle, with the bullet lodging in a wall one metre away at an airport cafe. Teplin was later charged with obstructing a Commonwealth official and creating a disturbance at an airport to appear in Downing Centre Local Court on September 1. He faces a $3,300 fine and up to two years behind bars if convicted of the AFP offences.
