Article 6BNDW Juror responsible for Bruce Lehrmann mistrial also held out on conviction, inquiry told

Juror responsible for Bruce Lehrmann mistrial also held out on conviction, inquiry told

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Nino Bucci
from World news | The Guardian on (#6BNDW)

Prosecutor Shane Drumgold claims the juror who brought in outside research papers on sexual assault was not in favour of guilty verdict

The juror who brought outside material into Bruce Lehrmann's rape trial was also the juror holding out on a conviction, an inquiry has heard.

The ACT director of public prosecutions, Shane Drumgold SC, said he believed the juror who brought in outside research papers on sexual assault, which resulted in the trial being abandoned, had also been holding out on convicting Lehrmann.

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