Bruce Lehrmann

The ACT government will set up an inquiry into how the criminal justice system responded to the sexual assault allegations made by Brittany Higgins against ...

Mr Lehrmann has denied raping Ms Higgins in Parliament House in 2019 and did not testify during the trial. Mr Lehrmann faced trial in the ACT Supreme Court in October but it was. In an emergency, call 000.

Bruce Lehrmann has urged the inquiry into the aborted trial over Brittany Higgins' rape allegation to include “all aspects” of the matter including the ...

“Calling into question their integrity, and then subsequently releasing that info under freedom of information not only drags their name through the mud … It can compel the production of documents and it can compel the attendance of witnesses and take evidence on oath. “I want to make clear that this inquiry is not about reviewing the trial. it also puts at risk their personal security and safety. The fact (the DPP) has done that without consulting the chief police officer or the members involved is a rookie error.” Mr Lehrmann has always maintained his innocence and was never convicted of a crime. The ACT Police chief Neil Gaughan had previously backed public inquiry into the trial of Bruce Lehrmann that extends to the conduct of the prosecutor, the police and “the allegation of contempt” over Brittany Higgins’ speech outside court at the conclusion of the trial. “I welcome a public inquiry into all aspects of the matter including, (but not limited) to the actions of police, the prosecution and defence, issues leading to delays in the trial, issues leading to the subsequent mistrial, the decision not to proceed and the associated allegations of contempt of court,’’ the ACT police chief Neil Gaughan said in the email to staff. New to Flash? The powerful probe will also examine the “appropriateness of the ACT Victims of Crime Commissioner Heidi Yates aligning herself with the complainant”, according to a government statement and the conduct of the DPP that has made a range of claims about the conduct of police. The conduct of the Australian Federal Police and the Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold during the trial will be the subject of a powerful new probe with the power to issue search warrants and compel witnesses to give evidence, the ACT Government announced today.. Bruce Lehrmann has urged the inquiry into the aborted trial over Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation to include “all aspects” of the matter including the decision “not to prosecute various individuals”.

Lawyers acting for former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann have sent legal letters to media outlets over their coverage of rape allegations aired by his ...

“Clearly we need to take into account the mental wellbeing of Ms Higgins and others involved,” Rattenbury said. Lehrmann pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting Higgins in the ministerial office of the pair’s former boss, Coalition senator Linda Reynolds, in March 2019. Comment has been sought from the DPP and the association. The inquiry will consider several elements of the case: the engagement between the prosecutor’s office and police regarding the prospect of charges being laid; the decision to proceed to trial and the decision not to pursue a retrial; the conduct of the police and the prosecutor’s office; the laws for addressing juror misconduct in the ACT; and the assistance given to Higgins during the trial. The ACT Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions earlier this month released to The Guardian a letter in which Drumgold complained to ACT Police Commissioner Neil Gaughan that police had engaged in a “very clear campaign to pressure” him not to prosecute Lehrmann. Gaughan said the force had not been consulted before the letter was released, while the police union flagged plans to refer the document’s release to the Office of the Australian Information Commission and the ACT Ombudsman as a possible breach of freedom of information laws.