The trial for the person accused of raping Brittany Higgins is coming to an finish with the defence set to finish its closing argument.
Former Liberal Celebration staffer Bruce Lehrmann has pleaded not responsible to sexual activity with out consent.
He has undergone a virtually three-week prison trial within the ACT Supreme Courtroom.
Former political staffers Bruce Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins.Credit score:Alex Ellinghausen
Closing arguments started yesterday after the prosecution accomplished its case with proof from greater than 20 witnesses.
Prosecutor Shane Drumgold urged the jury to ignore discussions of political actions and office cultures sparked by the case.
He stated the case was not concerning the tradition inside Parliament Home or the Me Too motion, however about what occurred on a sofa inside a minister’s workplace within the early hours of Saturday, March 23, 2019.
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However Lerhmann’s defence lawyer Steven Whybrow attacked Higgins’ credibility, saying a more in-depth have a look at her proof made the prosecution’s case in opposition to his shopper “completely untenable”.
He advised Higgins had motive to make up the allegation as a result of she feared she would lose her staffer job after being discovered asleep in a ministerial workplace in the course of the evening.
Whybrow additionally advised Higgins fabricated physician appointments on the time to “make it extra plausible” that she had been sexually assaulted.
The defence is anticipated to proceed with its closing arguments later in the present day.
AAP
