Police are reviewing the leaking of Brittany Higgins’ personal phone records to the Spotlight program in the wake of a Federal Court finding that her alleged rapist Bruce Lehrmann was responsible, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw has revealed.
Speaking at the national press club on Wednesday, Commissioner Kershaw said that no decision had yet been made as to whether it would proceed to an investigation.
News.com.au contacted the AFP regarding the issue on April 23 and the media unit provided the following response.“That was considered at the time and not progressed. It is a matter for a presiding court to determine whether a particular contempt is civil or criminal in nature.” Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw has revealed that police are reviewing the leaking of Brittany Higgins’ personal phone records to the Spotlight program.
“In the absence of any other explanation, the inescapable conclusion is that Mr Lehrmann provided access to Llewellyn to take the relevant photographs, and thus wrongly provided him with access to the information contained in the FitzSimons messages,” Justice Lee said. Justice Michael Lee has found that the “inescapable conclusion” was that law student Bruce Lehrmann leaked confidential court documents obtained during his criminal trial, including Brittany Higgins’ private text messages, to Seven’s Spotlight program.
“Questions in relation to actions taken by the Australian Federal Police should be directed to them.”
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