A woman who was allegedly bashed by her de facto partner in Sydney's north-west has died in hospital, two days after sustaining horrific injuries.
Linda Locke, 51, was clinging to life in Westmead Hospital after being found in her Quakers Hill home on Monday morning with head injuries, serious bruising to her face and a collapsed lung.
On Wednesday morning, police said she died overnight.
She has become the 34th woman to be killed by violence in Australia this year, according to Counting Dead Women, a project run by Destroy the Joint.
Her de facto partner, Jamie Walker, was charged with assault occasioning grievous harm after hospital staff alerted police on Monday.
Police said they expected to lay further charges following Ms Locke's death.
Neighbours said they were woken by screaming and banging filling their housing complex on Hillcrest Road before Ms Locke was found about 6am.
"I heard banging and screaming. There were a few police cars and then forensic cars. I thought it must have been pretty bad," said one neighbour, who asked not to be named.
Mr Walker, 46, is unemployed and told Blacktown Local Court on Tuesday that he was on the methadone program.
It's believed Ms Locke's family, from far north NSW, had travelled to Sydney to be by her bedside in hospital.
Mr Walker did not apply for bail on Tuesday and it was formally refused. He will return to court in June.
- with AAP
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