Unproven Sexual Assault Allegations: Creating Celebrities While Destroying Lives
How unproven sexual assault allegations can create celebrities out of accusers while destroying the lives of the accused.
10 January 2023
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‘Terrible nightmare’: Bill Spedding’s seven-year ordeal before $1.48 million payout
Bill Spedding was harassed and ostracised after police laid historical sex charges against him during the William Tyrrell investigation. The NSW Supreme Court found the prosecution was malicious.
1 December 2022
Former Pope Benedict to mount legal defense over abuse cover-up accusation
Former Pope Benedict XVI plans to defend himself in a German civil lawsuit alleging he helped cover up historical abuse.
8 November 2022
Questionable conduct
Bettina Arndt on the Brittany Higgins case and what readers can do about the attack on basic principles of criminal justice.
31 October 2022
Woman's compulsive lies led to ex-boyfriend almost being shot by police
A woman's compulsive lies to police saw her innocent ex-boyfriend jailed twice and confronted by armed officers at his home.
21 October 2022
Police ‘should not automatically believe abuse victims’ to avoid another ‘Nick’ scandal
Head of college of policing said force had ‘overreacted’ to criticism of the handling of historic sexual abuse
15 October 2022
Officer Charged with Fabricating Evidence, But His Victim Explains that Coverups Run Deep
A NSW officer is charged with fabricating evidence, but his victim explains that the cover-ups run far deeper.
7 October 2022
Peter waited 31 years to have his name cleared. When it happened, he was already dead
Peter Ellis waited 31 years to have his name cleared; when the Supreme Court quashed his convictions he was already dead.
7 October 2022
How a murder case was unravelled by a police interview
How a police interview unravelled the case built in the investigation of the 'execution-style' murder of Lois Tolley.
2 October 2022
St. Louis priest to have arrest record expunged after sexual abuse cases dropped
Prosecutors dropped all charges against Father Joseph Jiang. A judge has now ruled he met the legal burden to have his 2014 arrest record expunged.
8 September 2022