Benjamin Cohen, the man incorrectly identified by Australia’s Seven Network as the person responsible for killing six people in a brutal attack at a Sydney mall, has reportedly settled his defamation case against the network.
Queensland man Joel Cauchi, who had a long history of mental illness, was shot dead by police on April 13 at the Westfield Bondi Junction mall after killing Dawn Singleton, 25, Jade Young, 47, Pikria Darchia, 55, Yixuan Cheng, 27 and 30-year-old Faraz Tahir. He also attacked Ashlee Good, 38, who died in hospital.
Good’s 9-month-old daughter survived the attack.
In the hours after the attack, conspiracy theories and misidentification ran riot online - and Benjamin Cohen was wrongly identified.
Sunrise presenter Matt Shirvington said on Channel Seven’s Weekend Sunrise programme at 6.05am on the day after the attacks that the killer was “40-year-old Benjamin Cohen, dressed in a Kangaroos ARL jersey”.