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Journalist denies slapping Australian candidate: report
Journalist denies slapping Australian candidate: report
Monday November 26, 2007
A respected journalist Saturday denied reports that she had slapped a candidate in Australia's election in the face, saying she had pushed him away when he approached her.
Opposition Labor Party candidate George Newhouse was at a polling station in Sydney's affluent eastern suburbs when award-winning journalist Caroline Overington arrived, witnesses told Australian Associated Press (AAP).
Overington allegedly shocked voters and booth attendants by walking up and slapping Newhouse across the face before striding off, AAP reported.
"At first we thought, 'Who was this woman yelling at Newhouse', then she slapped him and we realised it was Caroline Overington," one witness said.
AFP
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