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Ava Benny-MorrisonThe Sunday Telegraph Crime Reporter

Ava Benny-Morrison is a crime reporter for The Sunday Telegraph. She joined the team in September 2017 after covering crime and courts for several years in NSW and Queensland.

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TOWNSVILLE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 17: Latrell Mitchell of the Indigenous All Stars looks on during an Indigenous Men's All-Star training session at Townsville Sports Reserve on February 17, 2021 in Townsville, Australia. (Photo by Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images)

Trolls tell Latrell Mitchell: ‘Time to die’

NRL star Latrell Mitchell was allegedly bombarded with racially abusive messages and told to “die” in a disturbing online attack last week. Two men have been charged.

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05/09/2018: Former head of Department of Public Prosecutions Nicholas Cowdery in Lane Cove. He has turned his legal expertise to the controversial Pasadena development in the affluent Northern Beaches suburb of Church Point. The site has become an unlikely battleground between locals and developers, who commenced work on the site without DA approval. Mr Cowdery says he blames the council for the ÒdisastrousÓ construction that impinges on Crown lands and has eaten up valuable parking spaces for islanders living on Scotland Island.Pic by James Croucher

Court solution to help sex assault victims ignored

Fifteen years ago the state government was told to set up specialist sexual assault courts in NSW, so why haven’t they been introduced?

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PLEASE NOTE SUBJECT IS NOT TO BE IDENTIFIED. Sally(not her real name) mother of three was a victim of domestic violence. Pic Sue Graham

‘I didn’t think it was rape, I was married to him’

For decades, Sally was tortured and sexually assaulted by her husband but after she fled, her experience with the criminal justice system was like that of many survivors — painful.

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MUST SEEK LEGAL ADVICE BEFORE PUBLISHING., WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING., MUST SEEK LEGAL ADVICE BEFORE PUBLISHING., Jack Bannerman, charged with sexual assault while in the military. I.D confirmation Anton Rose

ADF cadet accused of rape out on bail

An army cadet has been suspended after he was charged with sexually assaulting a fellow cadet at the Holsworthy Barracks in southwestern Sydney.

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awyer Chris Eliopoulos at a meeting at Bondi on April 4,, 2018, after he returned from Cessnock Jail where he had Brayden, Dillon’s killer sign an affidavit that said Bassam Hamzy and others, were not responsible for the murder. Supplied

Cup of coffee put lawyer in hot water

Falsified affidavit allegations in the Brayden Dillon murder case claimed two more scalps this week — and put an innocent lawyer in the crosshairs of the investigation.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 30, 2021: Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning Sarah Mitchell addresses the media during a press conference with Premier Gladys Berejiklian at the Homebush Boys High School to make a school infrastructure announcement. They will also be joined by NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant to provide an update on COVID-19, in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Consent education: parents need to play their part

The NSW Education Department will supply how-to guides informing parents how to teach their children about the hot button issue of consent.

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***WARNING - ONE TIME USE FEE APPLIES - MUST CREDIT*** ONLINE ONLY. Grace Tame appears in the new copy of Marie Claire. Source: Marie Claire Australia

‘We have to help survivors, not put them on trial’

Child sex abuse survivor and Australian of the Year Grace Tame has added her voice to calls for sexual violence law reform. Our newly-launched campaign is asking for real change in the way the legal system deals with sex crimes.

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SUNDAY TELEGRAPH - Pictured are Rape survivors Holly Leppard and Jane (Not real name and not to be identified). Picture: Tim Hunter.

Second rape victim speaks out: ‘Why was I on trial?’

Jane was one of two women who accused the same man of raping them in separate incidents. While the other woman secured a guilty verdict, the jury didn’t believe her when she told them she didn’t give consent. Here’s her story.

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Mystery woman heats up Ibrahim’s property case

A mystery woman has joined the fight against Fadi Ibrahim over a multimillion-dollar Sydney property owned by former brothel manager Jamelie Lahood.

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Two women, same rapist, same jury — but different verdicts

Two brave women stood up to bring a rapist to justice but the jury only believed one of them — Holly Leppard. Here, she shares her harrowing story for the first time.

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