Walter Sofronoff to appear at Queensland Media Club event discussing ‘presumption of innocence’

Head of ACT inquiry into handling of Lehrmann case to front ‘Politics, journalism and social media v The presumption of innocence’ event alongside Hedley Thomas from the Australian

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Walter Sofronoff, the head of the ACT inquiry into the handling of the Bruce Lehrmann prosecution, is slated to front a Queensland Media Club event about the “presumption of innocence”.

Sofronoff, who was criticised by the ACT chief minister, Andrew Barr, for handing his report to a columnist from the Australian before the government, will appear at an event on 25 August hosted by Hedley Thomas, the newspaper’s national chief correspondent.

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