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A man who came to the rescue of a woman being attacked by dingoes has described how he punched one of the dogs to try to get it off her.
Shane and Sarah Moffatt saw Sarah Peet, 23, in a fight for her life after she was attacked by the pack of four dingos while out jogging on K'gari/Fraser Island.
Mr Moffat said Peet was "screaming" and was being attacked and running in waist-deep water to try and stop the wild dogs.
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He risked his own safety to go help on Orchid Beach on the tourist island.
"I could see fear in her face that she wasn't in a good way," he said.
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"There was a big piece missing out of her arm there and there was puncture wounds all up the side of her legs."
He forced himself between Peet and the collared dingo, known by K'gari rangers as "CC Green".
The dingo, which has been tagged, as it has previously shown aggression, went for him.
"He was coming for me," he said.
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"When I hit him, he kind of shook twice on his head, but then he still lunged at me with a bit of aggression."
Ms Moffatt caught some of the ordeal on video, but it's too graphic to show.
The couple managed to get Peet out of the water and to their ute, as the wild dogs continued to attack.
"The dingo tried to get her off the back. grab her off the back of the tailgate," Mr Moffatt said.
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Peet was airlifted to hospital with 30 cuts to her body.
Despite the family's terrifying ordeal, they say it's not going to stop them from returning to K'gari.
Environment Minister Leanne Linard has flown to K'gari to meet with rangers.
She was handed her own "dingo stick" – tourists are being urged to carry sticks for protection – but wouldn't confirm if anything more will be done.
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'He needs treatment': Upskirting teacher jailed despite doctors' diagnosis
A former Sydney teacher who admitted using his authority to prey on girls he taught and covertly film them in class has been jailed for at least six months.
Eric Wong, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of filming a person's private parts without consent.
His sentencing in May was delayed for a report on the possibility of autism spectrum disorder, which could have impacted on his sentencing.
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Barrister Peter Givorshner told a local court two eminent doctors had agreed.
"He needs treatment, and he's not going to get it in jail," Givorshner said on Wednesday.
Wong can get treatment after he's released, Magistrate Alexander Mijovich said.
He jailed Wong for at least six months with a total sentence of 14 months.
The court was satisfied imprisonment was the only suitable punishment, with Mijovich saying "the threshold is well and truly crossed".
"You abused a position of trust and authority of multiple victims," he told Wong.
"These occurred in the confines of a school, where the victims and families are entitled to feel safe from any predatory or other behaviour," Mijovich said.
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While Wong may have autism with Asperger's syndrome according to the medical reports, he was also described as having above average intelligence.
"You would have had a full understanding this was completely inappropriate conduct," Mijovich told Wong in Hornsby Local Court.
The teacher breached his position of authority and trust, preying on girls he taught, photographing and filming their pelvic and chest areas under their school uniforms in a "brazen, predatory and opportunist" way, agreed facts filed with the court state.
A 16-year-old student, asked to stay behind after class to complete a survey, bumped into a smartboard at Cammeraygal High School on Sydney's lower north shore and revealed a hidden phone strategically placed to film.
Wong immediately leant down to pick up the phone, said he left it there before class, and changed the topic when the girl questioned him.
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Police later found 90 videos and 300 photos of uniformed students, including images taken up skirts and down shirts when they searched his home.
The files were found on two computers, showing him "randomly walking around" his classroom recording on his phone, targeting only the girls.
He walks up next to or behind them, and while supervising their schoolwork, discreetly films their private parts under their school uniforms.
Some videos show him glancing towards the phone before repositioning it, which the magistrate said showed a degree of planning in his offending, occurring over a duration of time.
Wong is eligible for parole in January 2024.
Readers seeking help can contact 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732), or the National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028.