Convicted killer David Eastman has sacked his lawyers and demanded the head of the inquiry into his case stand aside reports ABC News.
Eastman is currently serving a life sentence for the murder of Australian Federal Police assistant commissioner Colin Winchester in 1989.
Justice Kevin Duggan in leading the inquiry into the infamous case, and has refused to step aside.
Eastman appeared at today’s hearing by video link from jail to tell the inquiry that he would be representing himself.
Almost immediately he clashed with Justice Duggan who had to repeatedly ask him not to interrupt.
Eastman was concerned Justice Duggan’s questioning of his former barrister John Harris about his availability for the case, if circumstances changed, would trespass on his right to privacy.
Eastman also told the inquiry he was concerned about a perception of bias from Justice Duggan.
His concern is that a key member of the team assisting Justice Duggan also worked on the Miles Inquiry into his case in 2005.
That inquiry dealt with Eastman’s fitness to plead at his original trial.
“I am entitled to apply to the Supreme Court for a writ of prohibition,” he said, after accusing Justice Duggan of failing to respond appropriately and asking him to stand down.
“You have continued to sit for three months without ruling on this issue.”
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