Overview
- Auxiliary Justice Graham Dart found no reasonable basis for claims of misfeasance in public office or malicious prosecution.
- The judgment held that SAPOL decided to charge and the DPP decided to continue the case, so Peter Malinauskas was not a prosecutor.
- The court said the underlying blackmail proceedings ended by negotiated agreement that included a non‑contact order rather than a finding of no reasonable prospect of conviction.
- Annabel Digance will appeal the decision, and a directions hearing on consequential orders is scheduled for March 16.
- Malinauskas welcomed the outcome, saying it validated his decision to report the 2020 conduct to police.