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Prosecutor drops Australian Parliament House rape charge

An Australian prosecutor says he dropped a rape charge against a former government adviser because of the life-threatening trauma a trial would cause the woman allegedly assaulted in a Parliament House office

The Independent UK

Australian prosecutors drop parliament rape case

Australian prosecutors said on Friday they will drop the high-profile case of a former government adviser accused of sexually assaulting a colleague in parliament, because the trial was severely harming the complainant's mental health.

Reuters

High-profile Australian parliament rape case won't resume after mistrial

Sydney (AFP) - An Australian rape case that sparked national protests will not return to court after a mistrial, because of fears the intense public scrutiny could have a grave toll on the accuser's mental health, prosecutors said Friday.

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Lehrmann retrial abandoned because of 'a significant and unacceptable risk' to Brittany Higgins' life

The plan for a second trial of Bruce Lehrmann has been dropped after expert medical advice warned it posed a “significant and unacceptable risk” to Brittany Higgins’ life.

The Conversation

ACT Prosecutor Confirms Charges Against Bruce Lehrmann Will Be Dropped

The trial of Bruce Lehrmann, the man charged with the rape of Brittany Higgins in 2019, has been dropped due to concerns for Higgins' health.

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Bruce Lehrmann retrial won’t proceed after prosecutors drop charges for alleged rape of Brittany Higgins

Decision announced by director of public prosecutions means retrial of Lehrmann, who pleaded not guilty, will not go ahead

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins: prosecutor to make announcement about retrial of Bruce Lehrmann

Director of public prosecutions Shane Drumgold is expected to make a statement on Friday morning

The Guardian - AU

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Bruce Lehrmann retrial will not go ahead

The charge of sexual assault against Bruce Lehrmann is expected to be dropped today because of the mental trauma a trial would cause Brittany Higgins, and the ACT and NT can now again make assisted dying laws.

Crikey

Prosecution drops Bruce Lehrmann rape case

The man accused of raping Brittany Higgins will not face a retrial because of the impacts renewed proceedings would have on her mental health.

AAP

Consistency in sentencing not the problem, says DPP

Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold fronts the dangerous driving inquiry

The Canberra Times

Inquiry into dangerous driving in Canberra hears of toll on victims, but not everyone supports law reform

After being seriously injured by a drunk driver while in her car, Negar Barjestehmanesh and others want to see tougher sentences for dangerous driving.

ABC News

Law stopping alleged victims of sexual assault reusing evidence in court could change before Bruce Lehrmann retrial

The law change could allow evidence already given by former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins to be reused.

ABC News

ACT reviews sexual assault evidence laws

The ACT government is reviewing how to make it easier for survivors of sexual assault to give evidence in a retrial to stop them from being re-traumatised.

AAP

Bruce Lehrmann retrial: ACT government seeking to urgently reform video evidence loophole

Video recordings of rape complainants’ evidence currently cannot be used in retrials if, like Brittany Higgins, they initially gave evidence in the courtroom

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Lehrmann trial aborted after juror accessed own information

The jury in the Lehrmann trial has been discharged after it was discovered a juror had obtained information outside the evidence presented.

AAP

Jury told not to rush on Lehrmann verdict

A jury in the trial for the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins has not yet reached a verdict after its third full day of deliberations.

AAP

'Political forces' in Lehrmann rape trial

A coalition senator has been accused of trying to interfere in Brittany Higgins' rape case because she is politically invested in the outcome of the trial.

AAP

Jury to continue on Lehrmann deliberations

Members of the jury will continue considering their verdict in the trial of a man accused of raping his former colleague inside Parliament House.

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AAP

$325k question mark over Higgins' account

Brittany Higgins' credibility is being scrutinised by the prosecution and defence in the trial of the man she accuses of raping her inside Parliament House.

ABC News

Defence and prosecution lawyers make closing arguments in ACT Supreme Court trial of Bruce Lehrmann

Prosecutors and defence lawyers in the case of Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins inside Parliament House in 2019, finish summing up their case to the jury.

ABC News

Senator Linda Reynolds admits partner attended Bruce Lehrmann trial for alleged rape of staffer Brittany Higgins

Senator Linda Reynolds admits her partner attended the ACT Supreme Court trial of Bruce Lehrmann, who is alleged to have raped her former staffer Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019.

The Independent UK

Trial begins of man accused of raping government worker in Australia’s parliament

Brittany Higgins says she was ‘as drunk as she’d ever been in her life’, something her lawyer says is proof she couldn’t consent

ABC News

Trial of Brittany Higgins's alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann begins in ACT Supreme Court

Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann appears in court, charged with raping his then colleague Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in March 2019.

The Guardian - AU

Brittany Higgins to take stand in Bruce Lehrmann rape trial

Former Liberal staffer to give additional evidence to court alongside her complaints to police and a reporter about the alleged 2019 sexual assault at Parliament House

AAP

No 'legal basis' for Higgins' TV interview

The prosecution in the Brittany Higgins case will not rely on interviews with Network Ten's The Project during the trial of the man accused of raping her.

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