Leigh Sales troll who threatened to follow the ABC 7.30 host was once charged with murder   

One of two ‘random’ men who have been hit with restraining orders to protect ABC journalist Leigh Sales was once charged with murdering a homeless person. 

The other also has a separate order in place preventing him approaching the 7.30 host’s close friend and fellow ABC presenter Annabel Crabb.

Sales used a magazine interview last weekend to describe the extent of online trolling she experienced in her role fronting the national broadcaster’s nightly current affairs program.

She also said the vitriol directed at her took ‘a really hard toll on people close to me because I think they feel like they can’t protect me from it.’