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Maeve Bannister

Top cop’s ‘interference’ call in Lehrmann case

Australian Federal Police Commander Michael Chew arrives at the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal in Canberra. Photo: AAP

An Australian Federal Police commander says he did not mean to imply there was “political interference” in former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s rape trial.

Commander Michael Chew appeared before an inquiry into how the ACT justice system handled a rape allegation against Mr Lehrmann made by his former colleague Brittany Higgins.

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