With the end of the year coming up fast, the Mercury continues its countdown of the top 10 news stories and picture galleries that dominated our website throughout 2014. Each day we will count down to our most viewed news story and top picture galleries.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Police are investigating the unexplained death of a father whose body was found in a toilet block next to Maitland Court House yesterday.
The 37-year-old’s body was found when a gardener watering the grass near the courthouse about 11.30am noticed the door of a cubicle in the male toilet had been closed for some time.
The gardener went to look and became worried so called for help from a man who was passing by.
Together the men tried desperately to push the toilet door open, but the body had slumped heavily against it.