Albrechtsen more interested in a ‘fair’ Lehrmann trial than Higgins’ alleged rape, columnist tells News Corp event

Opinion writer from The Australian tells colleagues much of the media appear to have applied believe all women' only to Brittany Higgins

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Janet Albrechtsen, a columnist for The Australian, says she was never terribly interested" in what happened on the night Brittany Higgins alleges she was raped by Bruce Lehrmann and her focus has always been on whether the accused would get a fair trial.

I was never, and I don't want this to sound callous, but I was never terribly interested in what happened that night," Albrechtsen told The Australian's subscriber event last week. I was interested in whether there could be a fair trial."

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