Justice Michael Lee has found Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson were telling the truth in their reports that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins at Parliament House; Watch the judgment live here.
Bruce Lehrmann knowingly raped an unresponsive Brittany Higgins on a couch in a Parliament House office in March 2019, Justice Michael Lee has found.
Bruce Lehrmann showed no emotion as the judge ruled he raped Brittany Higgins. Nor did he look at Justice Lee. Mr Lehrmann was typing away on his mobile phone at the front of the courtroom. “In the end it comes down to my assessment of whether Ms Higgins was telling the truth in the witness box when she gave evidence as to her state of mind,” he says.
Justice Lee says he was not satisfied with Ms Higgins’ evidence that she said “no” during the intercourse. Justice Lee says it does not make sense that Mr Lehrmann went to parliament to mark up documents for question time. His account “lacks coherence”, Justice Lee says, noting Mr Lehrmann was unable to describe what work he was doing at Parliament House that late.
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