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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade

Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial: verdict to be handed down on 4 April

Bruce Lehrmann outside federal court in Sydney.
Bruce Lehrmann outside the federal court in Sydney. At the defamation trial in December, Lehrmann denied raping Brittany Higgins or having any sexual relations with her. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Justice Michael Lee will deliver his judgment in the federal court in Sydney at 10.15am on Thursday 4 April in the defamation case Bruce Lehrmann brought against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.

The federal court announced the date for the decision on Wednesday, three months after the five-week trial ended on 22 December.

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