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Sunrise producer 'moved on' from breakfast show after on-air gaffe saw wrong man named as Bondi killer


Channel 7's Weekend Sunrise has been plunged into turmoil after an on-air gaffe that mistakenly labelled a 20-year-old university student as a cold-blooded killer

The blunder, which aired during the program's April 14 episode, involved the misidentification of the innocent Benjamin Cohen as the Bondi Junction murderer, a title that belonged to 40-year-old Joel Cauchi. Channel 7's Weekend Sunrise has been plunged into turmoil after an on-air gaffe that mistakenly labelled a 20-year-old university student as a cold-blooded killer, triggering a storm of controversy and a slew of staff departures. The blunder, which aired during the program's April 14 episode, involved the misidentification of the innocent Benjamin Cohen (pictured) as the Bondi Junction murderer, a title that belonged to 40-year-old Joel Cauchi

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