Opinion

Does our Supreme Court hold itself in contempt?

By Markus Mannheim
December 4 2018 - 12:07am
<em>The Public Sector Informant</em>, December 2018. Photo: David Pope
<em>The Public Sector Informant</em>, December 2018. Photo: David Pope

The saga of David Eastman has ended – for now. A jury of 12 Canberrans decided last month there remained too much doubt to convict him of murdering ACT police chief Colin Winchester almost three decades ago. Of course, a judicial inquiry had earlier warned prosecutors this would happen, and had found it would be against the public interest to proceed with the trial. Oh well. Maybe the Director of Public Prosecutions, Jon White, will explain his unusual decision one day.

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