A doctor sent to jail for the rape and sexual assault of a karaoke bar hostess has had his convictions set aside and will face a new trial after appeal judges ruled there may have been a miscarriage of justice in the jury’s verdict. Ahn Sup Kim, a former cosmeticContinue Reading
Former AFP commissioner Andrew Colvin complained in a letter to Parliament’s most senior bureaucrat that the decision to clean the ministerial suite Brittany Higgins was found in and not inform police immediately was “unacceptable”. Commissioner Colvin’s criticism over how the matter was handled is laid bare in a letter sentContinue Reading
Crucial CCTV depicting Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins at Parliament House on the night of her alleged rape has been handed over to a court after a lawyer in the defamation proceedings demanded to know why it wasn’t produced earlier. Mr Lehrmann launched defamation action in March against Network 10Continue Reading
The case of a high-profile man charged with the rape of a woman is facing further delay as police wait for a forensic medical report and further mobile phone data. The man, who cannot be named for legal reason, is facing two counts of rape over allegations stemming from anContinue Reading
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has suggested the controversy over what she knew about Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape could have been avoided had she not held a key meeting behind closed doors. The Coalition on Monday launched question time in federal parliament for a second week in a row by grillingContinue Reading
Senate leader Penny Wong was personally briefed on the findings of a secret probe into “an incident” in a ministerial office at Parliament House in late 2020, months before Brittany Higgins went public with her story. It occurred just weeks before former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds claims that the lateContinue Reading
Bruce Lehrmann’s defence barrister Steve Whybrow has revealed he was “p*ssed off” after he was accused of getting cross examination tips during the trial from former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds. In his first day in the witness box at a board of inquiry, the barrister accused the Director of PublicContinue Reading
The Australian Federal Police have been ordered to hand over recordings or a transcript of a phone call between Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer and police, an inquiry into the prosecution of the former Liberal staffer has heard. On Thursday, the Australian Capital Territory’s Board of Inquiry into the Criminal Justice SystemContinue Reading
News Life Media will seek to prove Bruce Lehrmann lied to police about why he was at Parliament House on the night he allegedly raped Brittany Higgins, and showed a “consciousness of guilt”. In the defence document filed in the defamation case brought by Mr Lehrmann, who strenuously denies theContinue Reading
Network Ten has revealed the email its staff sent Bruce Lehrmann ahead of airing a bombshell interview with former Liberal Party staffer Brittany Higgins where she alleged she had been raped in Parliament House. The email, referred to as part of Ten‘s defence to defamation proceedings launched by Mr LehrmannContinue Reading