Alexander Robert Macdonald has been sentenced for stealing $96,000 from two banks in regional New South Wales in 1996 and 1997.
Courts / New South Wales
Hostage watches as bank robber is sentenced 29 years later
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Headline check
Headline as published: Hostage watches as notorious bank robber is sentenced 29 years later
The one thing this headline claims did not turn up in the report.
- The figure “29” is in the headline. We could not find it in the report.
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How this outlet filed it, and how we rewrote it
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| Outlet | Niral Score |
|---|---|
| ABC Newsas they published this story | 14.4 |
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