The man became trapped headfirst inside the chute at a Westfield shopping centre on the NSW Central Coast while engaging in a practice known as bin surfing or dumpster diving .
Shocked shoppers at Eastgate Bondi Junction in Sydney s east were horrified to see the man s legs sticking out from the Make-A-Wish Foundation charity bin.
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Spate of deaths in recent months in Australia associated with charity containers
Mikki O Shea found in charity bin behind Gold Coast shopping centre on April 5
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Sydney community organiser said he knew friends who relied on bins for shelter
Engineering expert said bins should be redesigned so rummagers can escape
News by Ben Graham Mates of a creative and vibrant mother-of-three found dead inside a charity bin on the Gold Coast have claimed her family have still not been told the whole story . Mikki O Shea, 43, became stuck in one of the bins behind Stockland Burleigh Heads Shopping Centre before her body discovered two days ago. Her body was discovered by a woman donating clothes at 7am on Monday. Queensland Police are not treating her death as suspicious, instead describing it as a case of misadventure. They say initial reports suggested Ms O Shea was trying to grab something from the bin when the lid came down and trapped her. Early investigations indicate that her neck became stuck in the bin.