Commissioner Reece Kershaw asked at National Press Club about the leaking of personal text messages from the phone of Brittany Higgins
are conducting an internal review to determine whether any officers leaked material or otherwise breached professional standards in handling evidence obtained for the criminal investigation and rape trial of the former ministerial adviser Bruce Lehrmann.
The private messages had been part of an evidence brief for Lehrmann’s criminal trial but were never tendered in court. In separate civil defamation proceedings recently concluded in the federal court, in which Lehrmann was found on the balance of probabilities to have raped Higgins, Lehrmann was accused of leaking material from the evidence brief to the Seven Network’s Spotlight program.
Guardian Australia understands the review to which Kershaw referred is an internal AFP review to examine whether any police officer breached professional standards in the handling of evidence relating to the Lehrmann prosecution. This follows allegations levelled against police after the criminal trial, which collapsed due to juror misconduct and was discontinued out of concern for Higgins’ mental health.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Bruce Lehrmann verdict LIVE: Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins, Federal Court findsJustice Michael Lee has found Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson were telling the truth in their reports that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins at Parliament House; Watch the judgment live here.
Read more »
Bruce Lehrmann verdict LIVE: Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins, Federal Court findsJustice Michael Lee has found Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson were telling the truth in their reports that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins at Parliament House; Watch the judgment live here.
Read more »
Bruce Lehrmann verdict: Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins, loses defamation case: judgeIn more than two hours in court on Monday, Justice Michael Lee found Bruce Lehrmann sexually assaulted his former colleague in a Parliament House office in 2019.
Read more »
Bruce Lehrmann trial: Bruce Lehrmann rejected offer to settle, should pay all costs: TenNetwork Ten and Lisa Wilkinson offered to settle with Bruce Lehrmann in August last year. He rejected it within two hours.
Read more »
Counter-terror raids launched in Sydney as part of investigation into Wakeley church stabbingAFP commissioner Reece Kershaw confirmed raids were in relation to stabbing of bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel
Read more »
‘Fuel to the fire’: AFP boss takes aim at Musk over alleged terror videoAustralian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw has taken aim at Elon Musk, suggesting his refusal to take down footage of last week's terror attack was adding 'fuel to the fire' of extremism in Australia and overseas.
Read more »