University student Benjamin Cohen will 告訴する Channel Seven after he was wrongly identified as Westfield Bondi Junction 殺し屋

A university student who was wrongly identified by Channel Seven as 存在 the man who killed six people at a Bondi Junction shopping centre on Saturday?has 雇うd lawyers for 合法的な 活動/戦闘 against the TV 網状組織.?

Benjamin Cohen, a student at the University of 科学(工学)技術?Sydney,?wants an 陳謝 and 補償(金) for 害(を与える) after he was 誤って 指名するd as the knife-(権力などを)行使するing 殺害者.

The actual 殺し屋 was Queenslander Joel Cauchi, 40, but Mr Cohen, 20, was 指名するd as the 攻撃者 in two Channel Seven broadcasts.?

Sunrise presenter?Matt Shirvington?said on 週末 Sunrise at 6.05am on Sunday that the 殺し屋 was '40-year-old Benjamin Cohen, dressed in a Kangaroos ARL jersey'.?

すぐに after, hosts Monique Wright and Michael 勧める spoke with reporter Lucy McLeod who also wrongly 指名するd Mr Cohen.

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Benjamin Cohen (pictured) wants an apology, compensation and costs for harm after he was falsely named as the knife-wielding Bondi Junction murderer

Benjamin Cohen (pictured) wants an 陳謝, 補償(金) and costs for 害(を与える) after he was 誤って 指名するd as the knife-(権力などを)行使するing Bondi Junction 殺害者

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Stefan Deutsch (pictured) shared the disturbing moment he realised he had exchanged Facebook messages with Bondi Junction killer Joel Cauchi

Stefan Deutsch (pictured) 株d the 乱すing moment he realised he had 交流d Facebook messages with Bondi Junction 殺し屋 Joel Cauchi

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'The 攻撃者, 40-year-old Benjamin Cohen, is known to police,' she wrongly said. 'His 動機s are not yet known, he was working on his own.'

Mr Cohen had been 誤って identified on on social マスコミ within hours of the 集まり 殺人s in the Westfield centre in Sydney's east on Saturday afternoon.?

The police did not 指名する?Cauchi as the 殺し屋 until about 9am on Sunday.

The television 網状組織 非難するd 'human error' for wrongly 指名するing the computer science student.

A Seven insider said a news 生産者 wrote the story which was then sub-edited by a 上級の 生産者 before 存在 sent to Shirvington to 記録,記録的な/記録する his 発言する/表明する.

An 内部の 調査 is 進行中で to identify how that mistake was made.

Seven made an on-空気/公表する 陳謝, read out by reporter Sarah Jane Bell, on Sunday evening.

'One last thing, earlier this morning in 報告(する)/憶測s of the 出来事/事件, it incorrectly 指名するd the 悪党/犯人 as Benjamin Cohen,' she said.

'It was later 確認するd that the 指名する of the 40-year-old was Joel Cauchi from Queensland. Seven apologises for any 苦しめる 原因(となる)d by our earlier 報告(する)/憶測s.'

Under the NSW Defamation 行為/法令/行動する, Mr Cohen could get 損害賠償金 of up to $459,000.

He is 代表するd by high-profile 法律 会社/堅い Giles George, which is also 事実上の/代理 for former Channel Seven 生産者 Taylor Auerbach in his 事例/患者 against the 駅/配置する.

News.com.au 報告(する)/憶測d that a 関心s notice has been 問題/発行するd by Mr Auerbach over comments purportedly made by some of the 網状組織's 最高の,を越す 厚かましさ/高級将校連 around its interview with Bruce Lehrmann and (人命などを)奪う,主張するs made in 法廷,裁判所 by?Mr Auerbach.

The actual killer was Queenslander Joel Cauchi (pictured), but Mr Cohen was named as the attacker in several Channel 7 broadcasts

The actual 殺し屋 was Queenslander Joel Cauchi (pictured), but Mr Cohen was 指名するd as the 攻撃者 in several Channel 7 broadcasts

Mr Cohen said 存在 wrongly 指名するd as the 殺し屋 by Seven was '高度に 苦しめるing'.?

'It's 極端に disappointing to me to see people mindlessly propagating misinformation like this without even the slightest thought put into fact checking,' he told The Australian.

'But what's even more disappointing to me is a major news 網状組織 doing this, using my 指名する without waiting for a 声明 from police to 立証する this or going out to try and 立証する it themselves.'

Daily Mail Australia 接触するd Channel Seven for comment and was told by?a spokesperson: 'We don't comment on 合法的な 事柄s.'

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Yixuan Cheng was fatally killed after Joel Cauchi, 40, fatally stabbed six people and injured at least 12 more in a violent rampage at Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon

Yixuan Cheng was fatally killed after Joel Cauchi, 40, fatally stabbed six people and 負傷させるd at least 12 more in a violent rampage at Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon

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