Bungle led to three years behind bars

THE locking up of an Australian resident for more than three years in what is said to be the nation's longest and worst case of wrongful detention has prompted demands for an overhaul of federal laws by the Commonwealth Ombudsman.

Reform call on custody bungle

THE locking up of an Australian resident for more than three years in the nation's "worst" case of wrongful detention has prompted demands by the Commonwealth Ombudsman for an overhaul of federal laws.