Details of MCG assault against Lidia Thorpe revealed after court lifts suppression order
Ebony Bell has been sentenced to a 12-month community corrections order and a fine for assaulting Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe at the MCG in 2024. The court also considered a subsequent violent offense committed by Bell while on bail.
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Ebony Bell has been handed a $300 fine and a 12-month community corrections order after assaulting Lidia Thorpe in 2024. Photograph: Con Chronis/AAP Ebony Bell has been handed a $300 fine and a 12-month community corrections order after assaulting Lidia Thorpe in 2024. Photograph: Con Chronis/AAP Lidia Thorpe Details of MCG assault against Lidia Thorpe revealed after court lifts suppression order Ebony Bell convicted and handed community work order following assault on senator and second ‘gratuitous act of violence’ while on bail
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