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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Sofronoff report: ACT inquiry makes serious misconduct findings against former DPP Shane Drumgold

Brittany Higgins, Former government staffer Bruce Lehrmann Bruce Lehrmann and former ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold
Sofronoff report: the inquiry examining the police handling of the trial of Bruce Lehrmann has made damning findings against former ACT director of public prosecutions Shane Drumgold. Composite: EPA / AAP

The Sofronoff inquiry has made “several serious findings of misconduct” against outgoing ACT director of public prosecutions, Shane Drumgold SC.

The report, released by the ACT government on Monday after extensive leaks, concluded that Drumgold “at times … lost objectivity and did not act with fairness and detachment” throughout the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann for the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins.

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