Sentencing details in secret Witness J trial may be kept hidden for 20 years, court told

ACT supreme court considers whether to publish sentencing remarks about former official jailed for disclosure of confidential information

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Some of the sentencing details of a man secretly convicted and detained in a Canberra prison could be sealed for 20 years due to national security concerns, despite parties agreeing to release a redacted version.

On Tuesday the ACT supreme court considered whether to publish sentencing remarks about the man, known by the pseudonym Alan Johns and also as Witness J, who was jailed in complete secrecy after pleading guilty and being convicted for the disclosure of confidential information.

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