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The ACT Integrity Commission has found Walter Sofronoff engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” after reviewing his inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann for the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins.
The investigation probed whether Sofronoff acted corruptly by leaking his final report on the Lehrmann trial to select journalists – Janet Albrechtsen at The Australian and the ABC’s Elizabeth Byrne – before its official release.
The commission’s report found Sofronoff’s sharing of confidential documents with journalists was “contrary to the obligations of confidentiality prescribed by the Inquiries Act” and “could have amounted to offences against the Inquiries Act”.
“The disclosures were dishonestly concealed from persons involved in the inquiry, in particular [prosecutor Shane] Drumgold and the [ACT] chief minister, which prevented them taking protective legal action,” the report said.
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