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March 28, 2008

Libel claimant seeks Australian reporters’ hard drive

By Martin Stabe wirepost

Lawyers for man who is suing an Australian newspaper for defamation are seeking access to the hard drive from a journalist’s computer after the paper admitted documents related to the case had been deleted.

A lawyer representing Alan Bond in his case against the The West Australian want to subject a hard drive from a computer at to forensic analysis, the Australian reports.

Bond’s lawyer is also seeking a contempt ruling against the paper because it deleted the files.

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