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Grace, a teacher at a Melbourne private school, and her daughter, Jamie, who was allegedly raped by a stranger she got to know on Snapchat in October last year.
For 17-year-old schoolgirl Jamie, Melbourne’s long second lockdown took a toll – she was cut off from friends, having recently started at a new school.
When a boy from 38 kilometres across town messaged Jamie on popular teen app Tellonym to ask if she would add him on Snapchat, she decided to allow it.
He told her he was 15, and at first the messages were benign enough. “He said he was really into basketball and anime, and I love anime as well so I was like: ‘This is awesome, what’s your favourite anime?’ I said I was watching