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Maeve Bannister and Paul Osborne

Prosecutor slams police over Lehrmann case

Brittany Higgins (left) says she is willing to "defend the truth" as a witness in any civil cases. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The ACT's top prosecutor says a public inquiry is needed into "political and police conduct" in the case of a former political staffer accused of raping colleague Brittany Higgins.

In a document revealed under freedom of information laws, Shane Drumgold wrote that police had engaged in a campaign to pressure him not to prosecute Bruce Lehrmann over the allegation.

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