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Miklos Bolza

'I could not have consented': Higgins to colleague

A former departmental liaison officer has testified what a teary Brittany Higgins told him. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

An emotional Brittany Higgins made confronting statements about her inability to consent days after being allegedly raped on a minister's couch by Bruce Lehrmann, a court has heard.

Her mother also gave evidence that her daughter was a "broken soul" who had become withdrawn and lost her enthusiasm for life after the claimed sexual assault.

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