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The judge who oversaw the trial of Bruce Lehrmann feared that the media frenzy directed at Brittany Higgins carried “a risk to her life”, a newly released judgment shows.
On Monday, the ACT supreme court chief justice Lucy McCallum published her reasons for maintaining a number of suppression orders over aspects of the case, which were challenged by media outlets following the conclusion of criminal proceedings.
