'Sheikh' in court on woman 'set alight' A SELF-STYLED sheikh who sent offensive letters to the families of dead Australian soldiers has faced court in connection to the murder of a woman. Man Haron Monis, 59, fronted Burwood Local Court charged with being an accessory before and after the fact to the murder of a woman allegedly stabbed and set alight in a western Sydney stairwell earlier this year. Monis, also known as Sheikh Haron, was arrested along with a woman who earlier on Friday was charged with murder. Dressed in black tracksuit pants and with a beard, Monis didn't apply for bail and it was formally refused by Magistrate Christopher Longley. Emergency workers found the woman's body in the Werrington apartment block on April 21 after responding to a fire. The 30-year-old had allegedly been stabbed multiple times and set alight. Police say the three people knew each other.