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Trial to begin for war crimes whistleblower

The trial of a man who revealed allegations of Australian soldiers committing war crimes in Afghanistan is set to begin, despite late calls from whistleblower advocates for the government to halt the prosecution.

The Commonwealth is prosecuting former military lawyer David McBride in the ACT Supreme Court for allegedly leaking classified documents.

He is facing charges of theft of commonwealth property, breaching the Defence Act and unauthorised disclosure of information.

A subsequent inquiry following his revelations found that Australian special forces committed at least 39 unlawful killings during the Afghanistan war and…

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