This just in: the youngest person to ever be charged with a terrorism offence in Australia was granted bail on appeal in the Supreme Court yesterday… and that person was *NOT* Lleyton Hewitt‘s son.
A relief, no doubt, to the Aussies who may have been verrrrry confused by this image on pg. 09 of today’s Daily Telegraph:
L to R; Cruz Hewitt, 7, joining his dad at an Australian Open practice session in Melbourne yesterday, and the story that makes it look like he’s also our country’s youngest-ever terror suspect.
“I’ve made a huge, tiny mistake” – Daily Tele
The defendant pleads NOT GUILTY, your Honor.
It was obviously a brain-fart on behalf of the art director; or maybe a really inappropriate Easter egg, 2.5 months too early?
Here’s the image placement in the context of the page:
Cringey whichever way you look at it, aye.
h/t to our loyal reader Blayne Northcote for the tip.
