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A week after retiring to consider a verdict, the jurors tasked with determining whether a former Liberal Party staffer raped ex-colleague Brittany Higgins ...

These days, I cover the ACT and Queanbeyan courts. After stints in New Zealand, the UK and the Canary Islands, I returned to Australia in 2018. As a journalist, I've covered everything from a royal tour and a terror attack to international sport.

The jury in the Brittany Higgins case have not been able to come to a decision and have concluded their deliberations for the day, the ACT Supreme Court was ...

Could you please advise on time expectations." Try 1 month free. Stream 25+ news channels in 1 place. After the court heard that the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict, ACT Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucy McCallum asked them to go back and continue their deliberations. The jury in the Brittany Higgins case have not been able to come to a decision and have concluded their deliberations for the day, the ACT Supreme Court was told on Tuesday. The jury in the Bruce Lehrmann rape trial have ended their deliberations for the day after the court was told they were yet to reach a verdict.

"Thank you for your ongoing hard work," the ACT's top judge told jurors on Wednesday.

These days, I cover the ACT and Queanbeyan courts. After stints in New Zealand, the UK and the Canary Islands, I returned to Australia in 2018. As a journalist, I've covered everything from a royal tour and a terror attack to international sport.

Jurors in the trial of the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins have been unable to reach a verdict after a fifth day of deliberations.

They will resume deliberations for a sixth day on Thursday. She instructed the jurors to find a verdict according to the evidence presented in the courtroom and said they should not feel pressured to make a decision. She reminded them they could not join in a verdict if they did not “honestly and genuinely” think it was the correct one.

Newly released judgment on Lehrmann's failed attempt in April to halt sexual assault case shows defence argued then PM's comments could prejudice fair ...

“The case for a temporary stay is not compelling,” she said. I am not persuaded that a temporary stay is necessary.” But the court also noted that the “commentary has not been all one way”. McCallum said it was not enough simply to show that jurors were aware of pretrial publicity. He submitted that the case is unique because the complainant ‘walks into court with an aura about her’ and that the problem this creates is incurable.” The ACT supreme court on Wednesday released its reasons for denying Lehrmann’s application to stay proceedings.

It has now been more than five days of deliberation and the jury are yet to reach a verdict in the trial for the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins in ...

It has now been more than five days of deliberation and the jury are yet to reach a verdict in the trial for the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins in Parliament House. More than five days of deliberation have now passed and the jury is still yet to reach a verdict in the Bruce Lehrmann trial. Jury in Bruce Lehrmann trial fails to reach verdict after fifth day of deliberations

"Thank you for your ongoing hard work," the ACT's top judge told jurors on Wednesday.

These days, I cover the ACT and Queanbeyan courts. After stints in New Zealand, the UK and the Canary Islands, I returned to Australia in 2018. As a journalist, I've covered everything from a royal tour and a terror attack to international sport.

Lehrmann has pleaded not guilty to sexual intercourse without consent. The trial heard from both parties as well as several prominent witnesses. There was ...

Ms Higgins was shown that interview where she told Wilkinson that Lehrmann removed her underwear. Lehrmann gave multiple reasons for the early morning visit to parliament with Higgins on 23 March 2019. "I didn't wear underwear that night with the dress on the basis that it had lines. But I didn't wear underwear with that dress on the basis that it had lines. Higgins claimed she thought she may lose her job if she went to the police. She said the attempted kiss would have occurred during a sitting week, and on a Wednesday, because "that's when we went out as a team". Higgins was also asked whether she deleted those messages from her phone prior to giving it to police. They set out that she was furious about being offered "jack s**t in terms of help" after the allegation. Ms Higgins said she went to a nightclub with Lehrmann and two colleagues and recalled the group taking shots. The court also that heard Brittany Higgins texted her father – who she called 'Papa Bear' – that a co-worker had been 'inappropriate'. Higgins had been in Canberra for a number of months prior to the incident. It showed Higgins arriving at a popular Canberra bar in a white cocktail dress, say hello to some of her colleagues before getting herself a drink.

Chief Justice Lucy McCallum has aborted the trial of Brittany Higgins rape accused Bruce Lehrmann after a juror accessed an article on sexual assault.

The subject matter in the paper article was indeed sexual assault. But she reminded them they could not join in a verdict if they did not “honestly and genuinely” think it was the correct one. On Tuesday, the jury sent a note to the court indicating it was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the rape allegation. “It is beyond question that the conduct of the jury is as such to abort the trial. “My associates was able to identify what appeared to be the article in question. In her reasoning, Ms McCallum said a juror had accessed academic material outside of what had been provided to the jury, which was discovered when the room the group had been deliberating in was cleaned on Wednesday.