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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
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Former Hunter senator Brian Burston made "filthy" offer of sex to staffer, court hears

TRIAL: Former Hunter senator Brian Burston during a lunch break outside the Federal Court in Sydney. Picture: AAP

FORMER Hunter senator Brian Burston offered to console a distraught staffer with the best sex of her life, his defamation trial has been told.

Wendy Leach described his offer as "just filthy", saying she had previously regarded him as "an old dude from the country, like an uncle". She also testified to being sacked after she told him he had to stop his "f---ing infatuation" with her colleague Terri-lea Vairy when he asked for photos of her from a concert the women attended.

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