Man wrongly identified as Bondi Junction killer on social media asks police to consider prosecutions

Lawyers for Ben Cohen provide police with evidence of social media users on X and other platforms falsely linking him to Bondi Junction stabbings

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The Sydney man who was wrongly named as the Bondi Junction killer has asked police to consider prosecuting the people who linked him to the attack on social media.

Ben Cohen, a university student, was named on social media and by Seven’s Weekend Sunrise program before police officially revealed 40-year-old Joel Cauchi’s identity on the Sunday morning after the attack.

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