Former army lawyer David McBride appeals conviction claiming duty to disclose military secrets

McBride has appealed his jail sentence of five years and eight months claiming he blew the whistle on the unequal application of the law' by the ADF

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The former army lawyer David McBride has lodged his appeal in the ACT supreme court almost five months after he was sentenced to a maximum of five years and eight months in jail.

McBride pleaded guilty to three charges in November 2023 after the court upheld a commonwealth intervention to withhold key evidence the government argued had the potential to jeopardise the security and defence of Australia". The charges included stealing commonwealth information and passing that on to journalists at the ABC.

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