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CENTRAL COAST MOTHER WHO KILLED SON RELEASED FROM PRISON

A Central Coast mother who suffocated her son in a ‘mercy killing’ in 2016, today walked free from court in Newcastle.

Susan Marie Dowdle was handed a minimum two-year jail sentence for the manslaughter of Digby Dowdle – but was released due to time already served.

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Tyson Cottrill

Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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