Shane Drumgold launches court challenge to findings of Bruce Lehrmann prosecution inquiry

ACT government reveals Sofronoff report appeared to present paragraph from Australian newspaper as opinion of NSW supreme court judge

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Former ACT director of public prosecutions Shane Drumgold has asked a court to hear a challenge against the findings of the Sofronoff inquiry, which made scathing criticisms about his conduct.

The ACT government has also revealed it has received a complaint about a “significant factual inaccuracy” in the Sofronoff report, which appeared to mix up a paragraph in the Australian newspaper and present it as the opinion of a New South Wales supreme court judge.

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