A man has been charged with fatally stabbing his mother and setting her house on fire in southwest Sydney.
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00:00 Troy Sifranco has been charged with the murder of his mother at a home in Bankstown on Sunday
00:06 night.
00:07 Emergency services were called to the home after reports of a fire where they found the
00:11 67-year-old woman with significant head injuries.
00:14 She died at the scene.
00:16 Mr Sifranco was tasered and arrested after he allegedly approached officers wielding
00:20 a large kitchen knife.
00:22 The 31-year-old was taken to hospital for assessment.
00:25 He was charged with multiple offences including murder, torture, beating and causing the death
00:30 of an animal and damaging a property by fire.
00:33 Police allege he stabbed his mother Catherine Sifranco before killing her cat and setting
00:38 fire to the home.
00:39 He did not appear at Bankstown local court today where his lawyer didn't apply for bail.
00:45 Mr Sifranco was also charged with breaching bail and contravening an apprehended violence
00:49 order.
00:50 Court documents reveal he was released on bail on Saturday after he allegedly choked
00:54 his mother at the home in a separate incident on Friday.
00:57 Police took an AVO out against him following the incident.
01:00 He was charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and intentional choking.
01:04 His bail conditions required him not to enter the Wattle Street property.
01:08 He is due to face court later this month.
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