Whistleblower who exposed war crime allegations loses bid to reduce prison time

Whistleblower who exposed war crime allegations loses bid to reduce prison time
Australian army whistleblower David William McBride (AP/Rod McGuirk)

Australian army whistleblower David McBride, who leaked allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan to the media, lost a court bid to have his prison sentence reduced on Wednesday.

The Australian Capital Territory Court of Appeal rejected the 61-year-old former army lawyer’s appeal against the severity of a five-year and eight-month prison sentence imposed a year ago.

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