Thursday 24 September 2020

Anna Bay Woman Dies After Her Home Allegedly Broken Into

BY IAN CROUCH

Police have charged a woman over a break and enter at Anna Bay during which a resident suffered a medical episode and died.

It's alleged the woman went to the home on Old Main Road at about 11pm on Tuesday and spoke with the two female occupants who were known to her.

Police say she left before returning about an hour later and climbed through a window before being escorted out the front door by a 37-year-old resident.

The other resident, a 59-year-old woman suffered a medical episode during the incident and was taken to the John Hunter Hospital but died a short time later.

The 47-year-old alleged offender was arrested nearby and has been granted conditional bail to face Raymond Terrace Court on November 23.

The woman has not been charged over the death.