Body found in water as police search for man wanted over death of Sydney school coach

St Andrew’s Cathedral school water polo coach Lilie James was found dead with serious head wounds late on Wednesday night

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A body has been found in the water below cliffs in Sydney’s eastern suburbs as the search continues for Paul Thijssen after the death of a school water polo coach, Lilie James.

New South Wales police were at Diamond Bay in Vaucluse on Friday morning searching for Thijssen, who has been missing since James’s body was discovered at a private school in Sydney’s city centre.

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