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‘Who could do this?’ David Bagster jailed for woman’s ‘gruesome’ wheelie bin death
A heartbroken aunt has told a court of her attempts to help her niece in the years before her “gruesome death”, when she was found upside down and submerged in a wheelie bin.
- Sarah McPhee
Man guilty of killing girlfriend who was found submerged in wheelie bin
David Bagster has been found guilty of the manslaughter of his girlfriend Valmai “Jane” Birch, who was found dead in the bathroom of her Wollongong unit in 2011.
- Sarah McPhee
Man dies, children rescued after being swept off rocks near Wollongong, police say
The children were playing in shallow water when they were swept out to sea at about 5.30pm.
- Georgina Mitchell
Man charged after eight-year investigation into the death of Valmai Birch
A 52-year-old man has been arrested at his home more than eight years after the body of Valmai "Jane" Birch was discovered inside a wheelie bin in a south coast property.
- Lucy Cormack
Cyclist dies after swooping magpie causes bike crash
An elderly cyclist has died after a freak bike accident caused by a swooping magpie near an Illawarra beach on Sunday morning.
- Jenny Noyes
Man arrested after death of elderly woman in Wollongong home
A 76-year-old woman was found "unresponsive" in the garden of the home and couldn't be revived.
- Jenny Noyes
Man, 90, dies after reported fight in dementia ward
The man suffered serious injuries in the assault involving another patient in the high-dependency ward at a nursing home in Woonona, police were told.
- Brendan Crabb
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