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Miklos Bolza

Higgins denies attempt to 'blow up' rape retrial

Brittany Higgins (right) has denied claims she deliberately deleted texts from her phone. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

An impassioned speech given by Brittany Higgins after the jury was discharged in Bruce Lehrmann's rape trial was not designed to prevent a retrial, a court has been told.

Ms Higgins returned to a Federal Court witness box on Tuesday for an emotional, tearful and sometimes angry final day of questioning in Lehrmann's defamation trial.

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