David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months prison for sharing military information about allegations of war crimes committed by Australian soldiers.
David McBride, the man who leaked classified military documents that revealed allegations Australian soldiers committed war crimes in Afghanistan, has been sentenced to five years and eight months in prison. McBride pleaded guilty to stealing classified Australian Defence Force material and leaking it to journalists. Justice David Mossop sentenced McBride to an aggregated five years and eight months in prison for three charges in the ACT Supreme Court on Tuesday.
But he didn't accept McBride's assertion he thought he wasn't committing a criminal offence after the former military lawyer said he believed he would ultimately be vindicated by a court for acting in the public interest. McBride made "vague and unparticularised claims" about criminal behaviour by top defence brass, Mossop said.
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