‘Who could do this?’ David Bagster jailed for woman’s ‘gruesome’ wheelie bin death
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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.

  • bySarah McPhee
Man guilty of killing girlfriend who was found submerged in wheelie bin

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.

  • bySarah McPhee
Man dies,children rescued after being swept off rocks near Wollongong,police say

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.

  • byGeorgina Mitchell
Man charged after eight-year investigation into the death of Valmai Birch

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.

  • byLucy Cormack
Cyclist dies after swooping magpie causes bike crash

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.

  • byJenny Noyes
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Man arrested after death of elderly woman in Wollongong home

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.

  • byJenny Noyes
Man,90,dies after reported fight in dementia ward

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.

  • byBrendan Crabb