Before Blacktown Court today, Police Prosecutor Sergeant Mohit Kumar submitted an application to test a hair follicle that was collected from the man when he was being transferred into police custody.
Police submitted a sworn affidavit from an officer as part of their application to the court.
"Police consider it is likely he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time [of the fire] and seek samples," Magistrate Brian van Zuylen said, reading from the police officer's sworn affidavit.
The court heard a photograph containing an ice pipe, paraphernalia used to smoke crystal methamphetamine, was also attached to their application.
“Fly high my angels, you are now safe’: Lalor Park fire victims laid to rest
A six-year-old boy his three-year-old brother and baby sister, just five-months-old, have been laid to rest, almost a month after their tragic deaths at Lalor Park.
Three children killed in a Lalor Park house fire have been farewelled in a moving funeral service today, after their father was charged with murder in what senior police described as “the worst case of filicide” in the state’s recent history.”
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