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Alex Mitchell and Maeve Bannister

Police talk might have ‘crushed’ Higgins: Prosecutor

An inquiry into the laying of a rape charge against ex-government staffer Bruce Lehrmann is ongoing. Photo: AAP

The ACT’s top prosecutor denies he deliberately withheld documents from Bruce Lehrmann’s defence team where police wrote “pejorative comments” about Brittany Higgins.

Shane Drumgold told an inquiry into how the territory’s justice system handled rape allegations against Mr Lehrmann that he’d “clearly” erred in not providing the documents, but denied he’d done so due to his concerns with them.

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