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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

Media companies lose bid to name high-profile man charged with Queensland rape

A statue of Themis, the Greek God of Justice
Media have lost their bid to name a high-profile man charged with two counts of rape in Toowoomba in 2021. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

A media application seeking to name a high-profile man charged with raping a young woman in Toowoomba in 2021 has been adjourned by a magistrate who deemed the bid “premature”.

Queensland media law prevents identifying people accused of serious sex offences until they are committed to stand trial, legislation that magistrate Kay Philipson on Wednesday described as very specific.

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