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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

Brittany Higgins accuses police of ‘absolutely awful’ treatment during investigation of rape allegations

Brittany Higgins
Brittany Higgins also said police had wrongly handed over her private counselling notes to Bruce Lehrmann’s defence, something ACT Policing apologised for. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Brittany Higgins has accused police of “absolutely awful” treatment of her while investigating her allegations of rape, saying she felt belittled and violated.

The allegations have prompted a response by the police union, which said ACT Policing was right to apologise to Higgins for its mistakes, but that the inquiry had also caused profound harm to investigators and their families, who were passionate and committed to their jobs and to helping victims.

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