Benjamin O'Brien charged with reckless bodily harm over woman's Gwynneville fire pit fall

By Shannon Tonkin
Updated July 21 2017 - 8:44am, first published July 20 2017 - 6:46pm
Benjamin O'Brien leaving Wollongong courthouse on Thursday with his mother. Picture: Syvlia Liber
Benjamin O'Brien leaving Wollongong courthouse on Thursday with his mother. Picture: Syvlia Liber

A South Coast woman burned on the legs and buttocks after falling into a fire pit at a friend’s house party has described how a drunk man grabbed her around the arms in a “bear hug” move moments before the pair of them toppled over into the flames.

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