Murder accused Adam Bidner plans to apply for bail next week

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Updated January 13 2021 - 1:38pm, first published 8:00am
SEARCH: Specialist police at Cessnock Waste Management Centre in July. Adam Bidner, 31, has been charged over the death of Shane Mears at the tip on July 5.
SEARCH: Specialist police at Cessnock Waste Management Centre in July. Adam Bidner, 31, has been charged over the death of Shane Mears at the tip on July 5.

A MAN accused of hitting a rival scrap metal collector with his car and leaving him for dead inside the Cessnock waste management facility in July will apply for bail next week.

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Sam Rigney

Court Reporter

Sam began his Newcastle Herald career as a night police reporter in 2011. He is an experienced court reporter who has won two national court reporting awards, including the Kennedy Award for Outstanding Court Reporting for his coverage of the Hunter's worst serial rapist. Before working at the Herald, Sam was a sports journalist with the Maitland Mercury where he won awards for his coverage of the Newcastle Rugby League salary cap scandal. Sam is a Novocastrian born-and-bred.

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