Journalist #AntoinetteLattouf has won her case against online harasser Michael Dean.
“Dean pleaded guilty and, on Wednesday, Magistrate Georgina Darcy convicted him on the charge of using service to menace/harass/offend.
“He is required to stay on good behaviour for 12 months, as well as to provide security of $200 as part of being placed on the Commonwealth Recognisance order. If he complies with these terms, he will be released without sentence.”
“Lattouf said she feared that she would simply be told to “just log off” or that the abuse just “comes with the territory of a public job”.
““But my fear wasn’t minimised. I was supported,” she said.
““Online violence is real. It leaves scars. And women bear the brunt of it”.
“Women deserve to be safe. Online. Offline. Everywhere. And when they’re not, they deserve the full force of the law behind them,” Lattouf wrote.”