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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Hannah Neale

Drumgold seeking report redactions, claiming 'premature' resignation

The ACT's former top prosecutor is calling for the ACT government to redact parts of a scathing report, recently found by a court to have been affected by apprehended bias.

The 839-page board of inquiry report, authored by chairman Walter Sofronoff KC, examined the now-dropped prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann, who has always denied raping fellow former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019.

Former director of public prosecutions Shane Drumgold SC has also claimed "extensive" media reporting on findings critical of his conduct, before he had seen the document himself, forced him to resign early.

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