‘His eyes were not smiling’: guide tearfully recalls British music producer’s diving death off Byron Bay
Inquest into Karl Bareham’s death hears 37-year-old had trouble equalising as he descended, then encountered problems with buoyancy
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A dive guide has tearfully recalled the moment she found a British music producer lying motionless on his back on the ocean floor during a scuba tour off the coast of Byron Bay in New South Wales.
Karl Bareham died during a dive tour of Ngnuthungulli/Julian Rocks on 24 September 2019. He had arrived in Australia the day before and was to tour with City and Colour musician Dallas Green.
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