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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: explosive allegations about police conduct in Lehrmann case; new Bali travel advice; and King Charles’s first coins

A composite image of Shane Drumgold, Brittany Higgins and Bruce Lehrmann.
DPP Shane Drumgold wrote to ACT police saying he had ‘serious concerns’ over perceived ‘interference’ in the investigation of Brittany Higgins’ allegation she was sexually assaulted by Bruce Lehrmann. Composite: AAP/Getty

Starting today with an extraordinary exclusive on the Bruce Lehrmann case by my colleague, Christopher Knaus.

Knaus writes the chief prosecutor in Lehrmann’s trial complained to the ACT police chief that police officers engaged in “a very clear campaign to pressure” him not to prosecute the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins, saying there was “inappropriate interference” and he felt investigators “clearly aligned with the successful defence of this matter” during the trial.

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