Man charged with murder after Leanne Akrap’s body found in western Sydney bushland

Bryan Steven Johnson, 47, arrested in Hobartville after Akrap discovered by passerby in Werrington

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A man has been charged with murdering a woman whose body was found in western Sydney bushland by a passerby on the weekend.

New South Wales police officers were called to Irwin Street in Werrington on Sunday after the body of a 47-year-old Leanne Akrap was located in bushland.