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And now to the news – it was also the final day of Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation trial. The federal court heard a final statement from Lehrmann’s barrister, Steve Whybrow SC, who asserts there was no way Brittany Higgins was “10-out-of-10 drunk” on the night of the alleged rape, claims Higgins “deliberately destroyed evidence” and had “no qualms” about “telling complete falsehoods”.
