Cleo Smith disappearance
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Cleo Smith’s kidnapper loses appeal for shorter jail sentence
Cleo Smith’s kidnapping by the 37-year-old sparked one of the biggest police searches in Australian history and made headlines worldwide.
- Aaron Bunch
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CCC report accuses hero Cleo Smith cop of misconduct in ‘relationship’ with journalist
The WA detective who made international headlines for rescuing kidnapped girl Cleo Smith has been accused of misconduct by the Corruption and Crime Commission.
- Heather McNeill and Jesinta Burton
Cleo Smith hero detective quits police force as CCC report looms
The WA detective who made international headlines after rescuing kidnapped child Cleo Smith has quit the police force ahead of the release of a CCC investigation into his conduct.
- Heather McNeill
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‘She has so much to live for’: Cleo Smith’s parents determined kidnap ordeal won’t define her
Ellie Smith says her five-year-old daughter is gradually recovering from the abduction 18 months ago, as the family’s frantic triple zero call and police bodycam footage are revealed.
- Tara Brown and Garry McNab
Cleo Smith’s kidnapper appeals 13-year jail term
During his sentencing last month, it was revealed the 37-year-old was high on methamphetamine and looking for things to steal when he came across the family’s tent in WA’s north.
- Cameron Myles
Cleo's mum speaks after kidnapper sentenced
Ellie Smith says there'll always be anger towards the man who kidnapped her daughter, but she's content he's been sentenced to more than 13 years jail.
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Cleo’s mum says anger about her daughter’s abduction will always remain
Terence Kelly told police that the young girl cried often and that he had tried unsuccessfully to tape her mouth shut with sticky tape.
- Heather McNeill
‘Alcohol in his baby bottles’: Terence Kelly’s childhood of ‘chronic, severe and complex’ trauma
In sentencing him for the abduction of four-year-old Cleo Smith in 2021, Judge Julie Wager delved into Terence Kelly’s past. What she revealed was shocking.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Terence Kelly to learn his fate for kidnapping Cleo Smith
Kelly, 37, abducted Cleo, 4, from the Quobba Blowholes campsite in remote Western Australia as she slept beside her parents and baby sister in 2021.
- Heather McNeill
Cleo Smith’s abductor returns to court in Perth
The man who has admitted abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith from her family’s West Australian campsite has pleaded guilty to obstructing police.
- Aaron Bunch
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