<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fourth person charged over the alleged mistaken-identity kidnapping and murder of elderly grandfather Chris Baghsarian is also accused of arson.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Moustafa Ohrok, 19, did not apply for bail in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/courts" rel="" target="" title="Mt Druitt Local Court"><span>Mt Druitt Local Court</span></a><span> today after being charged with the murder of the 85-year-old in February.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ohrok was arrested yesterday, after Baghsarian was taken from his home in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span>'s north in the early hours of February 13.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/actor-accused-of-breaking-girl-code-in-breast-assault/ed48b2e3-769c-4d25-9107-13c4f37162c0" rel="" target="" title="Actor accused of breaking 'girl code' in breast assault"><strong><span>Actor accused of breaking 'girl code' in breast assault</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three others have already been charged and remain before the courts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/new-south-wales" rel="" target="" title="NSW"><span>NSW</span></a><span> Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said the young man arrested yesterday was involved in the initial abduction of Baghsarian.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're alleging this 19-year-old actually provided a firearm that was used in his initial kidnapping," Lanyon told 2GB radio.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/chris-baghsarian-updates-teenager-moustafa-ohrok-locked-up-charged-with-widowers-kidnapping-murder/b0cd1c6d-a3d7-4051-8d60-f023e4014050" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigators are continuing to look into other possible suspects, he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ohrok faced two separate charges in court yesterday of damaging property by fire and participating in a criminal group.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He will next face </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Parramatta Local Court"><span>Parramatta Local Court</span></a><span> on the arson matter on May 21.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 19-year-old will appear in Penrith Local Court on the murder and kidnap charges on June 12.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/uk-passes-lifelong-smoking-ban-for-the-next-generation/64a9b04a-b63d-4bee-a927-7b974d6b4979" target="_blank"><strong><span>UK to introduce lifelong smoking ban for anyone born after 2008</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The widower was not the intended target and had been taken in a case of mistaken identity, police have said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They made several public appeals, urging the kidnappers to release the 85-year-old and return him to his family.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But on February 24, his body was found near a golf club in Pitt Town in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney"><span>Sydney</span></a><span>'s northwest.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> suspect the perpetrators aimed to abduct a relative of Sydney businessman Dimitri Stepanyan, who lived on the same street as Baghsarian, with the hope of receiving a $50 million ransom.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigators believe Baghsarian was killed on the night of February 14 at a makeshift stronghold in Dural, about a half-hour drive from where his remains were found.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/anthony-albanese-announces-extra-diesel-cargo-for-australia/4ed9791e-da22-47ba-a751-9a5ada757259" target="_blank"><strong><span>Over 200 million litres of extra diesel coming to Australia</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A growing number of underworld attacks have permeated Sydney streets, with Lanyon saying the city is dealing with a very different organised crime environment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are seeing young people predominantly being contracted online to conduct very serious criminal activity," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There are a lot of young people who are seeing what they believe to be an easy dollar but not understanding the ramifications ... the crime of murder carries life."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Five others, including a 15-year-old boy, were charged today over a separate kidnapping in south-west Sydney.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The group are accused of beating up a bodyguard with a baseball bat and abducting him in his own car before being freed by police an hour later.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><strong><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all 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