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Gold Coast police warn against bin diving after woman found dead hanging from charity bin at Burleigh Heads
A woman whose body was found in a charity bin died after she became wedged in the opening mechanism while trying to remove donated items, Gold Coast police say.
Key points:
- The woman’s body was found hanging out of a charity bin
- Police called it “death by misadventure”
- Superintendent Rhys Wildman says charity bin diving is a crime
The 43-year-old woman’s body was found dangling from the bin outside a busy Burleigh Heads shopping centre on Monday morning.
Police are not treating the woman’s death as suspicious.
“It is what we class as a death by misadventure,” Superintendent Rhys Wildman said on Tuesday.
“It appears as though a 43-year-old woman has attempted to attain or remove some items from those charity bins.
“She has unfortunately…
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