How Lily took her perpetrator to court and won + mushroom foraging fallout
Lily Steele-Park took legal action after she was was raped in her first year of uni by a man known to her friends. Her rapist was then found guilty and sentenced to 6 years in jail. But Lily's experience is an outlier. In NSW, only 7% of reported rapes and sexual assaults result in a conviction. In this episode, Lily shares her story and what it's like to speak out. Plus as the mushroom trial wraps up, we ask a mycologist if foraging for mushrooms is ever safe? Listen now: 01:29 - Victim-survivors on the cracks in the system 07:10 - Lily's story 24:34 - Mushroom foragers warnings Guest: Lily Steele-Park, victim-survivor Brett Summerell, chief scientist, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney Get the whole story from Hack: Follow us on Instagram Subscribe to the hack podcast Listen on the triple j app or on your radio live at 5:30pm
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Show Notes
Lily Steele-Park took legal action after she was was raped in her first year of uni by a man known to her friends.
Her rapist was then found guilty and sentenced to 6 years in jail.
But Lily's experience is an outlier. In NSW, only 7% of reported rapes and sexual assaults result in a conviction.
In this episode, Lily shares her story and what it's like to speak out.
Plus as the mushroom trial wraps up, we ask a mycologist if foraging for mushrooms is ever safe?
Listen now:
01:29 - Victim-survivors on the cracks in the system
07:10 - Lily's story
24:34 - Mushroom foragers warnings
Guest:
- Lily Steele-Park, victim-survivor
- Brett Summerell, chief scientist, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
Get the whole story from Hack:
- Follow us on Instagram
- Subscribe to the hack podcast
- Listen on the triple j app or on your radio live at 5:30pm