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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Three boys crawled into a skip bin one night and by morning one was dead. How did it happen?

Budda Spencer
On 11 May, 2021, 13-year-old Budda Spencer slept the night in a skip bin with two friends, using the cardboard boxes to keep warm. Illustration: Supplied/Guardian Design

On a cold night five years ago, three boys crawled into an industrial skip bin, pulled cardboard over themselves to keep warm, and – though they planned to stay awake – fell asleep.

They woke as a rubbish truck hoisted the bin and poured its contents – including those three friends – into the storage section. One boy clambered out before the lid closed. Another stayed low. The third, whose family want him to be known as Budda Spencer, tried to escape but was injured in the fall, then crushed as the lid automatically closed. He died at the scene.

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