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ACT ordered to pay over $7 million in compensation to David Eastman
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ACT ordered to pay over $7 million in compensation to David Eastman

The ACT Government has been ordered to pay David Harold Eastman more than $7 million in compensation for his wrongful…

14 October 2019 | By Lachlan Roberts and Ian Bushnell
David Eastman seeking $18 million in compensation for wrongful imprisonment
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David Eastman seeking $18 million in compensation for wrongful imprisonment

David Harold Eastman is seeking at least $18 million in compensation from the ACT Government for his wrongful imprisonment, the…

3 October 2019 | By Lachlan Roberts
Getting on David Eastman's guest list
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Getting on David Eastman's guest list

Exactly who is on that list of people David Harold Eastman must not approach as part of his bail conditions…

25 August 2014 | By Peter Clack
David Eastman's murder conviction quashed
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David Eastman's murder conviction quashed

David Eastman is set to be released from prison after his murder conviction was quashed in the supreme court today.…

22 August 2014 | By Canfan
David Eastman: guilty until proven innocent
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David Eastman: guilty until proven innocent

It is now more than 25 years since Australian Federal Police Commissioner Colin Stanley Winchester was shot and killed as…

27 May 2014 | By Peter Clack
David Eastman has reportedly covered himself in poo...
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David Eastman has reportedly covered himself in poo...

David Eastman has managed to avoid his judicial inquiry since last year by sacking his legal council. Earlier this month…

31 May 2013 | By Barcham
David Eastman loses again
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David Eastman loses again

Some may doubt if David Eastman killed Colin Winchester. No-one however, except possibly David Eastman, doubts he is a vexatious…

7 March 2011 | By johnboy
David Eastman comes home
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David Eastman comes home

The ABC informs us that one of Canberra's loopier, more colourful convicted killers has come home to Canberra at the…

28 May 2009 | By johnboy
ACT Government won't appeal Eastman compensation
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ACT Government won't appeal Eastman compensation

The David Eastman saga is now officially over after the ACT Government announced that it would not be appealing the…

'Another day of mourning' for Winchester family after Eastman found not guilty
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'Another day of mourning' for Winchester family after Eastman found not guilty

David Harold Eastman has been found not guilty by an ACT Supreme Court jury of the 1989 shooting murder of…

22 November 2018 | By Ian Bushnell
Eastman trial: Jury unable to agree on verdict
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Eastman trial: Jury unable to agree on verdict

The prospect of a hung jury is looming in the Eastman murder trial, with the trial judge sending the five…

19 November 2018 | By Ian Bushnell
Eastman retrial to go ahead from July 2017
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Eastman retrial to go ahead from July 2017

David Eastman will face a new trial over the 1989 killing of Australian Federal Police (AFP) Assistant Commissioner Colin Winchester,…

2 December 2016 | By Charlotte
Budget allocates $5m for Eastman retrial
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Budget allocates $5m for Eastman retrial

The ACT Government will spend more than $5 million on the retrial of David Eastman for the murder of Colin…

7 June 2016 | By Charlotte
Appointment of Acting Judge for Eastman proceedings
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Appointment of Acting Judge for Eastman proceedings

Attorney-General Simon Corbell has announced the appointment of Acting Judge the Hon Anthony Whealy QC to the ACT Supreme Court.…

24 December 2014 | By Canfan
The Shadow of Eastman
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The Shadow of Eastman

The David Eastman saga still casts a long, ugly shadow over the capital. It casts a “shadow” for several reasons,…

1 September 2014 | By Gary Humphries Ex MLA
Board of inquiry report into Eastman conviction
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Board of inquiry report into Eastman conviction

The report of the Board of Inquiry into the conviction of David Harold Eastman for the murder of Assistant Commissioner…

31 May 2014 | By Canfan
Ballistics? Pfft... The Eastman Inquiry
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Ballistics? Pfft... The Eastman Inquiry

After a laborious resistance by poo covered parties on both sides trying to delay or deny this inquiry, here's a…

4 February 2014 | By Diggety
Eastman mess highlighting the farce of the ACT Judicial System
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Eastman mess highlighting the farce of the ACT Judicial System

The Canberra Times has the make you cry news that the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, having failed to apply…

19 November 2013 | By johnboy
Eastman loses another lawyer
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Eastman loses another lawyer

The ABC reports that in his quest to have at one time hired every criminal lawyer in Australia David Eastman…

13 November 2013 | By johnboy
Eastman inquiry kicks off in November
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Eastman inquiry kicks off in November

It might feel with all the legal numptiness of David Eastman that his long awaited judicial inquiry was already well…

28 May 2013 | By johnboy
Eastman sacks lawyers, inquiry stalls
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Eastman sacks lawyers, inquiry stalls

Convicted killer David Eastman has sacked his lawyers and demanded the head of the inquiry into his case stand aside…

22 April 2013 | By Barcham
Eastman losing lawyers
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Eastman losing lawyers

Lordy be it's like the early 90s again. The ABC is once again letting us know about turmoil in David…

15 February 2013 | By johnboy
Liesl Chapman SC coming to town for the Eastman Inquiry
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Liesl Chapman SC coming to town for the Eastman Inquiry

Justice and Community Safety have announced the South Australian silk Liesl Chapman SC is going to be the crucial counsel…

26 September 2012 | By johnboy
Another Eastman inquiry
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Another Eastman inquiry

The ABC has the exciting news that Canberra is going to have another inquiry into the murder conviction of David…

10 August 2012 | By johnboy
Eastman fails again on keeping his guvvie
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Eastman fails again on keeping his guvvie

The Supreme Court has released the thinking of Justice Penfold in denying another challenge as part of the ongoing legal…

30 May 2012 | By johnboy
Eastman innocent?
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Eastman innocent?

Jack Waterford in the Canberra Times is raising the prospect that the chain of circumstantial evidence, linking the unlikely kook…

5 November 2011 | By johnboy
Eastman
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Eastman "Tired, Stressed" preparing for murder appeal

David Eastman has told the ACT Supreme Court he should be moved to a quieter part of the Alexander Maconochie…

11 July 2009 | By sunshine
Eastman Rides Again
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Eastman Rides Again

Like Don Quixote, David Eastman is taking another tilt at the windmill, trying to argue that he's as crazy as…

22 November 2007 | By che
Eastman Stays
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Eastman Stays

So. It appears the higher levels of judiciary, in all their wisdom, have decided to overturn the Tenancy Tribunal's decision…

2 June 2006 | By Heavs
Eastman fit to burst after plea ruling
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Eastman fit to burst after plea ruling

A judicial review has found that "convicted police killer" David Eastman was fit to plead his case and instruct his…

11 October 2005 | By Kerces
Farmer with 'country flowing through her veins' steps down as special magistrate
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Farmer with 'country flowing through her veins' steps down as special magistrate

An award-winning cattle breeder with the "country flowing through her veins" has been thanked and farewelled as she stepped down…

11 February 2023 | By Albert McKnight
Victims of Crime Commissioner's presence alongside Higgins at Lehrmann trial defended
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Victims of Crime Commissioner's presence alongside Higgins at Lehrmann trial defended

During the 12-day trial of accused rapist Bruce Lehrmann, complainant Brittany Higgins was supported throughout by a familiar face -…

11 November 2022 | By Lottie Twyford

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