Bruce Lehrmann trial: jury sent home overnight and will continue deliberating

Lehrmann pleaded not guilty to raping Brittany Higgins in trial at ACT supreme court in Canberra

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The jury in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann will continue its deliberations on Thursday after it went another day without reaching a unanimous verdict.

The jury indicated on Tuesday it was unable to reach a unanimous verdict in the case after almost four full days of deliberations. But the ACT chief justice, Lucy McCallum, told them to try again.

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