Simon Nellist: Death of British man killed by great white shark classified as 'provoked incident'

The death of a British man who was killed by a great white shark near a Sydney beach has officially been classified as a ‘provoked incident’.

Simon Nellist, 35, was swimming in waters off Little Bay, in Sydney’s eastern suburbs when the 15-foot beast attacked him on February 16, 2022. He would have died almost instantly, making him the first fatal victim of a shark attack in Sydney in 60 years.

Mr Nellist, a former RAF gunner who survived two tours of Afghanistan, died just 500 feet from…