Bruce Lehrmann trial: what just happened and what happens next?
The trial of Lehrmann for the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins, which he denies, was sensationally aborted after the jury had deliberated for a week
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The jury in Bruce Lehrmann’s trial for the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins was sensationally discharged on Thursday, after a juror was discovered to have conducted outside research on the case and brought external material into the jury room.
A full week after the jury began deliberating in the case, the ACT chief justice, Lucy McCallum, told the court she had no choice but to abort the trial, after a sheriff’s officer found a research paper on sexual assault among the possessions of one of the 12 jurors.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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