Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial: verdict to be handed down on 4 April

Justice Michael Lee to hand down decision after considering 15,000 pages of transcript and hours of CCTV footage in case against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson

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Justice Michael Lee will deliver his judgment in the federal court in Sydney at 10.15am on Thursday 4 April in the defamation case Bruce Lehrmann brought against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.

The federal court announced the date for the decision on Wednesday, three months after the five-week trial ended on 22 December.

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