Brittany Higgins: lawyers for Bruce Lehrmann move to postpone trial
The trial of the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins might be postponed. Find out why
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The trial of the Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019 might be delayed by up to a fortnight.
On Tuesday lawyers for Mr Lehrmann told the ACT Supreme Court they had difficulty securing a barrister to represent him due to circumstances “beyond anyone’s control”.
Tamzin Lee from Legal Aid ACT who appeared for the accused applied to vacate the trial to a later date.
“I prefer the term postpone,” Chief Justice Lucy McCallum said.
Mr Lehrmann’s trial is due to begin on June 6 and is likely to run for 4-6 weeks.
Ms McCallum told Mr Lehrmann’s lawyers she was reluctant to postpone the trial for an extended period of time and said she would make a decision on the application after 48 hours.
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