Three charged with murder over balcony death

Two men and a woman have been charged with murder following a fatal fall from an apartment balcony.

Emergency services were called to a unit block at Castle Hill in Sydney’s northwest in the early hours of Sunday after a man was heard shouting from a balcony.

The 44-year-old man was found seriously injured in the garden outside the building and could not be revived.

Police arrested a 38-year-old man at Castle Hill police station on Wednesday and charged him with murder.

Detectives searched a home in Woolloomooloo on Thursday and arrested a 30-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman, who are also charged with murder.

All three were refused bail and will appear in court on Friday.