Albrechtsen more interested in a ‘fair’ Lehrmann trial than Higgins’ alleged rape, columnist tells News Corp event

The Australian’s Janet Albrechtsen says in reference to the Brittany Higgins rape allegation that she ‘was interested in whether there could be a fair trial’. Photograph: ABC

Janet Albrechtsen, a columnist for The Australian, says she was “never terribly interested” in what happened on the night Brittany Higgins alleges she was raped by Bruce Lehrmann and her focus has always been on whether the accused would get a fair trial.

“I was never, and I don’t want this to sound callous, but I was never terribly interested in what happened that night,” Albrechtsen told The Australian’s subscriber event last week. “I was interested in whether there could be a fair trial.”