Defence whistleblower David McBride makes last-ditch request to attorney general to end prosecution

Former military lawyer’s legal team warns public has made its ‘disapproval of the continued prosecution abundantly clear’

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David McBride’s legal team has made a last-ditch request to the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, to intervene and end his prosecution, warning the public had made their “disapproval of the continued prosecution abundantly clear”.

McBride, a former military lawyer, is facing trial in the ACT courts next month for his alleged leaking of documents to the ABC, which were used to produce a series of articles exposing alleged war crimes by Australian troops.

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