Cleo Smith’s kidnapping by the 37-year-old sparked one of the biggest police searches in Australian history and made headlines worldwide.
The WA detective who made international headlines for rescuing kidnapped girl Cleo Smith has been accused of misconduct by the Corruption and Crime Commission.
The WA detective who made international headlines after rescuing kidnapped child Cleo Smith has quit the police force ahead of the release of a CCC investigation into his conduct.
Ellie Smith says her five-year-old daughter is gradually recovering from the abduction 18 months ago,as the family’s frantic triple zero call and police bodycam footage are revealed.
During his sentencing last month,it was revealed the 37-year-old was high on methamphetamine and looking for things to steal when he came across the family’s tent in WA’s north.
Ellie Smith says there'll always be anger towards the man who kidnapped her daughter,but she's content he's been sentenced to more than 13 years jail.
Terence Kelly told police that the young girl cried often and that he had tried unsuccessfully to tape her mouth shut with sticky tape.
In sentencing him for the abduction of four-year-old Cleo Smith in 2021,Judge Julie Wager delved into Terence Kelly’s past. What she revealed was shocking.
Kelly,37,abducted Cleo,4,from the Quobba Blowholes campsite in remote Western Australia as she slept beside her parents and baby sister in 2021.
The man who has admitted abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith from her family’s West Australian campsite has pleaded guilty to obstructing police.
Homicide squad Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Blaine has been stood down amid an investigation into “alleged misconduct”.