--- description: "They should have put him away and thrown away the key" title: Man Haron Monis Was Charged in Wife's Murder image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc280dfec6688eaae/69876f05f887dc582ce890ad/460511610.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Australia](/tag/australia/) ## Australia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sydney Sheik Haron Was Charged in Ex-Wife's Torching Murder by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 16, 2014 4:15 AM CUT  Iranian-born Sheik Haron, who is named in court papers as Man Haron Monis, chained to a railing outside the Downing Centre Court in Sydney in an antiwar protest on Nov. 10, 2009 Iranian-born Sheik Haron, who is named in court papers as Man Haron Monis, chained to a railing outside the Downing Centre Court in Sydney in an antiwar protest on Nov. 10, 2009Newspix/News Ltd by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 16, 2014 4:15 AM CUT More than a year before the [Sydney hostage siege](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/sydney-hostage-standoff/sydney-siege-ends-police-storm-cafe-where-man-haron-monis-n268321 "undefined"), Man Haron Monis was arrested for accessory to the murder of his ex-wife — who was repeatedly stabbed and set on fire — and then released on bail. “They should have put him away and thrown away the key,” said Ayyut Khalik, godfather to the slain woman, Noleen Hayson Pal. Khalik said Pal, 31, was like one of his own children. He traveled from California to Australia for her 16th birthday, for her wedding to Monis in 2005 and for her funeral … [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/sydney-hostage-standoff/sydney-sheikh-haron-was-charged-ex-wifes-torching-murder-n268736?cid=par-time-article%5F20141216 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3635349/sydney-sheikh-haron-was-charged-in-ex-wifes-torching-murder/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3635349/sydney-sheikh-haron-was-charged-in-ex-wifes-torching-murder/"},"headline":"Sydney Sheik Haron Was Charged in Ex-Wife's Torching Murder","datePublished":"2014-12-16T04:15:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:53:21.974Z","description":"\"They should have put him away and thrown away the key\"","url":"https://time.com/3635349/sydney-sheikh-haron-was-charged-in-ex-wifes-torching-murder/","keywords":["Australia","Crime","Terrorism","ISIS","sydney"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc280dfec6688eaae/69876f05f887dc582ce890ad/460511610.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc280dfec6688eaae/69876f05f887dc582ce890ad/460511610.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"460511610","caption":"November 10, 2009: Sydney, NSW. Iranian born Muslim cleric, Sheik Haron, who is named in court papers as Man Haron Monis, chained to a railing outside the Downing Centre Court in Sydney in an anti-war protest. He had appeared in court to face charges of","creditText":"Newspix/News Ltd","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/australia/","name":"Australia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3635349/sydney-sheikh-haron-was-charged-in-ex-wifes-torching-murder/","name":"Sydney Sheik Haron Was Charged in Ex-Wife's Torching Murder"}}]}] ```