A MEMBER OF THE NATION news team covering the search for St George woman Karen Harris was last night verbally abused by some members of the private search party.
Photographer Lennox Devonish was confronted in an area opposite the exit to the Gun Hill Signal Station, St George, minutes before the news broke that the 49-year-old wife of businessman Kyle Harris was found.
A man who identified himself as Ben Harvey-Read and a female identified as Jodie verbally assaulted the photographer during a loud tirade of expletives.
The two became highly aggressive as they ordered him to stop taking pictures and to immediately leave the area where the search was taking place.
“Can you please get the f… out of here,” Harvey-Read said after indicating that he knew someone “high up” in THE NATION whom he threatened to contact.
The tense moments ended with the couple leaving the area after being urged by others to do so and to stop their abuse of the photographer. (GE)
