David Eastman, Date of Birth
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Australian public servant wrongly jailed and freed in 2014
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About David Eastman
- David Harold Eastman (born 29 September 1945) is a former public servant from Canberra, Australia.
- In 1995 he was wrongfully convicted of the murder of Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner Colin Winchester and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
- A 2014 judicial inquiry recommended the sentence be quashed and he should be pardoned.
- On 22 August of the same year, the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory quashed the conviction, released Eastman from prison, and ordered a retrial.
- Eastman sought leave to the High Court to appeal against the decision for a retrial.
- His appeal was unsuccessful, and a retrial commenced on 18 June 2018.
- On 22 November 2018, the jury in the retrial found Eastman not guilty of murder.
- Eastman, who had served 19 years in custody, was awarded A$7 million in compensation in October 2019.
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