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[Link] Cleo Smith detective stood down amid misconduct probe
Read: 8/9/2022 www.theguardian.com
The decision to stand down a prominent West Australian homicide detective accused of misconduct does not mean he is guilty, the state’s police chief, Col Blanch, said.
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[Link] Man wrongly identified as Cleo Smith accused reaches settlement with Seven Network
Read: 16/2/2022 www.theguardian.com
The man wrongly identified as Cleo Smith’s alleged kidnapper by the Seven Network has had a victory in the Western Australia supreme court, after suing the network for defamation.
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[Link] Cleo Smith's alleged abductor due back in court amid fresh charge of assaulting police officer
Read: 23/1/2022 www.abc.net.au
The man accused of abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith is due back in court today in the WA town of Carnarvon and will, for the first time, also face a charge of assaulting a police officer.
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[Link] The weight of a nation's relief hangs heavily on Cleo and her family
Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
The one anxiously peering from the gate as your child freewheels away on their bike, just as they should. You remind yourself of the entire days you spent as a child away from your home, so far from your parents' view.
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[Link] Remote WA town steamrolled by media attention as Cleo Smith rescued
Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
For a sleepy beach town of 5,000 people, it was three weeks in the eye of a storm. The visceral shock of a vulnerable little girl just disappearing in the night resonated around the world.
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[Link] 7 News apologises for wrongly identifying Aboriginal man as suspect in Cleo Smith case
Read: 4/11/2021 www.sbs.com.au
Seven News has apologised for identifying an Aboriginal man as the 36-year-old suspect that was arrested by WA police over the Cleo Smith abduction. The network published a number of photographs of the man on Wednesday along with his name.
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