‘Media frenzy’ directed at Brittany Higgins carried ‘risk to her life’, said Bruce Lehrmann trial judge

ACT chief justice publishes reasons for maintaining suppression orders in a newly released judgment

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The judge who oversaw the trial of Bruce Lehrmann feared that the media frenzy directed at Brittany Higgins carried “a risk to her life”, a newly-released judgment shows.

On Monday, ACT supreme court chief justice Lucy McCallum published her reasons for maintaining a number of suppression orders over aspects of the case, which were challenged by media outlets following conclusion of criminal proceedings.

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