Press Council rules News.com.au didn’t cross the line with ‘Freak of nature’ story

News.com.au didn’t breach the Australian Press Council’s Standards of Practice with a story titled ‘‘Freak of Nature’: The child killer the world has forgotten’ which addressed details about convicted killer Robert Thompson’s sexuality.

Thomspon, along with Jon Venables, was convicted of the murder of two-year-old James Bulger in a high-profile case in the United Kingdom in 1993. In the story, which ran on February 27, 2018, several aspects of Thompson’s life were discussed, including his sexuality under the subheading ‘WHEN DID HE COME OUT AS GAY?’

News.com.au didn’t overstep the mark with their story about convicted murderer Robert Thompson says the Press Council