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

Ben Cohen, who was wrongly identified as the Bondi Junction killer, has said social media platforms and users should be accountable for the content they host. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

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.