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Allanah Sciberras and Nick Wilson

'Last line of defence': one man shuts down council

Hepburn Shire Council, which covers Clunes and Daylesford, has been hobbled by private legal action. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

A man whose barrage of private prosecutions has hamstrung his local council insists he is driven by genuine concern and not grievance.

Only two councillors remain at Victoria's Hepburn Shire Council, northwest of Melbourne, after David Penman, 57, initiated legal action under rarely used private prosecution laws.

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