Dr Hossam Ibrahim mourned by friends after being electrocuted by 11,000-volt power line in Punchbowl

A Sydney man electrocuted when he stepped on a fallen power line outside his home has been remembered as a “great humanitarian” by the charity he chaired.

Dr Hossam Ibrahim died after coming into contact with the 11,000-volt power line in his driveway in Punchbowl about 10.30pm on Saturday.

Residents of cracked apartment block say they returned to find homes ‘absolutely trashed’

Owners claim their units have been gutted and their locks changed during works to stabilise the cracked Opal Tower in Sydney.

Some residents are still in temporary accommodation nearly two weeks after cracks were found in the Sydney Olympic Park building on Christmas Eve.