An accused killer has been extradited to NSW to face a murder charge, having been arrested in the ACT days after a love triangle allegedly turned deadly.
Prince Papay Fahnbulleh, 24, was arrested in Macquarie in the early hours of Monday morning after a manhunt that lasted more than two days.
NSW Police had been searching for him since last Friday afternoon, when he allegedly murdered Yohana Arkangelo Angok, also 24, by stabbing him repeatedly at a home in Sydney's west.
Investigators believe Fahnbulleh attended his former partner's place in St Clair to collect some clothing on the afternoon in question.
He is said to have spotted the woman in bed with Mr Angok, a man he had known through mutual friends for several years, when he arrived.
Police allege he became "enraged" at this sight and armed himself with a large kitchen knife.
Fahnbulleh is accused of using the blade to stab Mr Angok several times in the chest as the latter tried in vain to protect himself with a pillow.
He eventually jumped off a balcony and fled, still holding the knife and covered in Mr Angok's blood, police documents tendered to the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday state.
When police first appealed for information on Fahnbulleh's whereabouts, he was believed to be travelling on a dirt bike with his hair in short dreadlocks.
By the time he faced court on Tuesday, his hair had been shaved short.
ACT Policing claims he had also changed his mode of transportation, having arrested Fahnbulleh after he allegedly crashed a stolen Jeep Cherokee early on Monday morning.
Belconnen patrol officers found the stolen car in the wake of a single-vehicle crash on Gungahlin Drive, in Bruce, about 2.40am.
Its engine was still running, and there was no sign of the driver.
"Examination of the vehicle revealed the number plates affixed to the car were fake, and made of polystyrene foam material," ACT Policing said in a statement.
After a short search for the driver, officers arrested Fahnbulleh in Macquarie about 3.30am on Monday.
They later discovered a warrant had been issued for his arrest in NSW in relation to the alleged murder.
Fahnbulleh spent a night behind bars at the ACT police watch house, in Civic, before briefly facing court.
Magistrate Glenn Theakston granted his extradition to NSW after Fahnbulleh's barrister, Richard Thomas, did not oppose the application of prosecutor Sam Bargwanna.
Detective Sergeant Anthony Fokes subsequently escorted Fahnbulleh to Queanbeyan Police Station, where he was charged with murder.
Fahnbulleh was also formally charged on Tuesday with four offences in the ACT.
They were dishonestly driving a vehicle without consent, being an unaccompanied learner driver, not displaying L plates, and leaving a vehicle's engine running while more than three metres away from it.
He did not enter pleas to those charges, which were adjourned until August 21.
Fahnbulleh is expected to face Queanbeyan Local Court on Wednesday in relation to the alleged murder of Mr Angok, who would have turned 25 the day after his death.
