David Harold Eastman has had his conviction for murdering a top police officer quashed by the full bench of the ACT Supreme Court.
Eastman has served more than 19 years in prison after being found guilty of killing Australian Federal Police assistant commissioner Colin Winchester in 1989.
In May an inquiry found Eastman had not received a fair trial, primarily because of flaws in the forensic case, and recommended his murder conviction be quashed.
A retrial has been ordered and Eastman's lawyers are seeking bail.
Pending the approval of the bail application, Eastman could be released as early as this afternoon.
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David Harold Eastman has had his conviction for murdering a top police officer quashed by the full bench of the ACT Supreme Court.
Eastman has served more than 19 years in prison after being found guilty of killing Australian Federal Police assistant commissioner Colin Winchester in 1989.
In May an inquiry found Eastman had not received a fair trial, primarily because of flaws in the forensic case, and recommended his murder conviction be quashed.
A retrial has been ordered and Eastman's lawyers are seeking bail.
Pending the approval of the bail application, Eastman could be released as early as this afternoon.
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