Bruce Lehrmann trial aborted with jury discharged after outside material brought into jury room
by Christopher Knaus from World news | The Guardian on (#655EH)
Court hears juror brought in research paper on sexual assault while considering verdict. Lehrmann pleaded not guilty to raping Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019
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The entire jury in the trial of Bruce Lehrmann has been discharged after a juror was found to have brought a research paper on sexual assaults into the jury room.
The ACT supreme court convened on Thursday morning and heard that Lehrmann's trial must be aborted after a juror had conducted research outside the courtroom, something jurors are routinely told not to do.
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