Afternoon Update: police sergeant found guilty of causing Indigenous teen’s death; an interview with Sussan Ley; and a Peruvian mystery solved

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Police sergeant Benedict Bryant, who was told not to pursue an Indigenous teenager riding a trail bike, has today been found guilty of dangerous driving occasioning the 16-year-old boy’s death in Sydney in 2022.

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