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Man allegedly blew up car of couple who beeped his partner at McDonald’s drive-thru

Ryan Sharp to remain in jail in Wollongong after ‘benign’ altercation culminated in alleged ‘grievance-fuelled violence’

A man who allegedly blew up a family’s car after his partner was beeped at in a McDonald’s drive-thru will remain behind bars after not applying for bail in Wollongong local court on Wednesday.

Ryan Sharp, a 33-year-old from the Illawarra region, south of Sydney, faces a suite of charges over what police allege was a prolonged campaign of stalking and harassment after his partner, a 31-year-old woman, was beeped at a 24-hour McDonald’s on 22 February.

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