Fifteen journalists and editors will have charges of contempt of court dismissed as part of a deal under which Australian media companies will plead guilty to breaching a suppression order related to Cardinal George Pell’s now-quashed child sexual abuse conviction.
The deal with the Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions involves the dismissal of charges against individuals including The Australian Financial Review’s editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury and Melbourne bureau chief Patrick Durkin.
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