{"id":53494,"date":"2026-07-19T02:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T02:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/53494\/"},"modified":"2026-07-19T02:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T02:52:06","slug":"katie-walker-missing-ncat-rejects-landlord-fee-as-dubai-claims-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/53494\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Walker missing: NCAT rejects landlord fee as Dubai claims emerge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Sydney mother who vanished from the city\u2019s east two months ago was taken to a tribunal by her landlord seeking to rent out her unit and a potential break lease fee.<\/p>\n<p>Katie Walker, 46, was last seen walking in high-heel boots on Alexander St, Tamarama on May 23, with family reporting her missing nine days later.<\/p>\n<p>The mother-of-two was wrongly identified as a Married At First Sight producer in early reports on her disappearance, prompting a podcast into her case by Joshua Fox \u2013 the man behind MAFS Funny.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Fox has reported Ms Walker\u2019s family refuse to believe she took her own life, adding she had recently shared details of strange encounters with a man in both Dubai and Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-15975369\/Katie-Walker-missing-police-theory-landlord-lease-fee-request.html?ito=native_share_article-nativestickybutton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail<\/a><a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-15975369\/Katie-Walker-missing-police-theory-landlord-lease-fee-request.html?ito=native_share_article-nativestickybutton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> reported on Sunday that Ms Walker\u2019s landlord had launched action in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal<\/a> (NCAT) to have the lease terminated.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Walker began renting out a Darling Point unit in March and could have owed almost $4000 if a break lease fee was imposed, but the NCAT member refused that.<\/p>\n<p>The NCAT heard Ms Walker\u2019s father had travelled to Sydney from the UK to clear out her apartment and told the real estate agency she had gone missing.<\/p>\n<p>He had also paid rent up to June 23, returned the keys to the agency and offered to pay for it to be professionally cleaned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no break lease fee \u2013 she didn\u2019t break the lease, she\u2019s gone missing,\u201d the tribunal member said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not prepared to make that order for a tenant who\u2019s been missing for six weeks and the landlord has possession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week Mr Fox reported a conversation he had with one of the missing mum\u2019s friends, who claimed a man had tricked his way into Ms Walker\u2019s hotel room in Dubai while she visited for business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne night a man broke into her hotel room by lying to concierges telling them he was her husband,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The friend, Elizabeth, said Ms Walker had told her she felt \u201cunsafe \u2026 I\u2019m sleeping and these guys come in\u201d but that nothing had occurred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s even crazier is that two months later, Katie bumped into that man in Sydney,\u201d Mr Fox said.<\/p>\n<p>NSW Police released a media statement on June 4 calling for any information about the whereabouts of the woman known to frequent the eastern suburbs.<\/p>\n<p>A second appeal was made on June 11, which corrected the last known location to Double Bay after initially being reported as Bondi Beach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKatie Walker, aged 46, was last spoken to by phone on Friday 22 May 2026,\u201d the latest appeal stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen she was unable to be located officers attached to Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command were notified and commenced inquiries into her whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice and her family hold concerns for her welfare.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing inquiries, police believe Katie\u2019s last known movements were at Double Bay on Saturday 23 May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKatie is described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 160cm tall, of thin build with brown eyes and brown long hair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was last observed wearing a black jacket, jeans, high heels, and carrying a small red handbag and a black bag.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe has a small black butterfly tattoo on her right hand, and tattoos on her left upper arm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKatie is believed to frequent the Double Bay, Bondi Junction and Bondi Beach Areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n<p>Read related topics:<a class=\"topic_tag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/topics\/sydney\" data-tgev-container=\"story-topic-links\" data-tgev-label=\"Sydney\" data-tgev-order=\"1\" data-tgev-metric=\"npv\" data-tgev=\"event10\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sydney<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Sydney mother who 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