Lawyer for tradesman, who was maliciously pursued by police over boy’s 2014 disappearance, describes case as worst police prosecution ever in Australia
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A man maliciously pursued by New South Wales police as a suspect in the disappearance of William Tyrrell will be paid $1.8m plus legal costs.
Tradesman Bill Spedding was awarded $1.5m in December last year after police accused him of historical child sexual abuse in 2015 to pressure him to give evidence about the three-year-old’s whereabouts.
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