Jill Meagher case: Facebook refusing to close groups and pages that might jeopardise a successful prosecution
1st Oct 2012 4:24pm | By Editor Social media giant Facebook is yet to shut down sites inciting hatred and violence against the man charged with the murder of Melbourne woman Jill Meagher.
Victoria Police has asked Facebook to cancel about six sites, but Deputy Commissioner Tim Cartwright says the social media network operator has declined, despite fears that these sites could prejudice a fair trial. (It s) pretty disappointing, some of those sites are inciting hatred and really quite disgusting in the sorts of messages they re portraying, Mr Cartwright told reporters on Monday.
Media editors used Pell reports to pressure judge, court told
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A âcalculated riskâ in early reports about George Pellâs sex assault conviction was, prosecutors argue, an attempt by media companies to pressure a judge into revoking a suppression order.
Fourteen news outlets, including
The Age and
The Sydney Morning Herald, have pleaded guilty to a combined 21 charges of contempt of court for breaching a suppression order over reports published or broadcast in December 2018, in the days after Cardinal Pell was found guilty.
No one knows for sure what happened to businesswoman Melissa Caddick
But NSW Police are entertaining the theory she ran away and is in hiding
At least two sources quizzed by detectives believe that it s a credible theory
Ms Caddick is under investigation for allegedly swindling her clients of millions
Daily Mail Australia has learned her passport is in the hands of detectives
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