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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

Government no longer holds CCTV footage from night of Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape, court told

Brittany Higgins Bruce Lehrmann Lisa Wilkinson Sue Chrysanthou SC TEN Laura Tingle Channel Seven DPS
Bruce Lehrmann
Bruce Lehrmann is suing Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson over their initial reporting of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegations, which he denies. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The federal government is claiming it no longer holds crucial CCTV footage of the night of Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape, telling the federal court it cannot supply it for use in Bruce Lehrmann’s defamation proceedings.

Lawyers for broadcaster Lisa Wilkinson have described the failure to produce the footage as “very concerning” and flagged they intend to question officials from the Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) about their position.

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