Overview
- Police executed a search warrant in Wollongong and arrested a 41-year-old man on Wednesday, June 10, after a probe into the August 2025 stabbing of Brandon Yates.
- The man was named in court as Christopher John Brennan and has been charged with murder plus additional offences including theft and driving while unlicensed, with bail refused.
- Detectives working under Strike Force Alcalde say extensive CCTV review, witness interviews and search warrants led them to allege the bike rider captured on footage is the arrested suspect.
- Brandon Yates, 28, was found with stab wounds at a Crown Street unit on August 17, 2025 and died in hospital six days later, and his family made repeated public appeals for information before the arrest.
- Inquiries are ongoing, further court dates have been set for the murder and related charges, and separate reporting says a second person was also charged later the same day.