A 20-year-old man wrongly identified by the embattled Seven Network as the Bondi Junction mass murderer has threatened defamation action against the TV network.
A 20-year-old man wrongly identified by the embattled Seven Network as the Bondi Junction mass murderer has engaged a high-profile legal team to threaten defamation action against the TV network.
Cohen was named on social media, in particular on X , from about 8.30pm on Saturday. His name was soon trending, with more than 50,000 posts naming him as the unconfirmed killer. Many posts drew attention to his Jewish identity.The perpetrator was identified as Cauchi by NSW police several hours after the Seven broadcast.
Cohen’s family told the ABC that Seven News explained the error as the fault of a junior social media editor.An official statement from a spokesman for Seven said it was “human error”.
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