The ABC reports that in his quest to have at one time hired every criminal lawyer in Australia David Eastman has lost another one as the inquiry into his murder conviction rumbles on.
Mr Willee QC was Eastman’s third senior counsel since the inquiry was ordered in September last year.
The defence team is now in the hands of Mark Griffin who has asked for some delay to allow him to catch up with the case.
Eastman told the court, via videolink from Canberra’s jail, that he had total confidence in Mr Griffin QC.