{
  "id": 623315,
  "title": "Western Power stands down three employees for supporting rapist colleague",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/western-power-stands-down-three-employees-for-supporting-rapist-623315",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T02:34:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Age",
    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/western-australia/western-power-stands-down-three-employees-for-supporting-rapist-colleague-20260812-p60nnp.html?ref=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Western Power has stood down three employees. The decision follows their support for a colleague who had been convicted of rape. The three staff members had provided letters in support of their colleague, which was aimed at reducing his sentence. This action was labelled as \"appalling\" and a \"terrible lapse in judgement\" according to The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.\n\nThe letters were provided to help reduce the colleague's sentence.\n\nThe incident has led to the three employees being stood down from their positions.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Western Power stands down three employees for supporting rapist colleague",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/western-power-stands-down-three-employees-for-supporting-rapist",
        "published": "2026-08-12T02:34:23.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}