Bruce Lehrmann suffers legal defeat as he tries to halt rape trial in Toowoomba

Defence drops claim that recordings of phone calls between Lehrmann and his lawyers were illegally obtained' by Queensland police

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Bruce Lehrmann has suffered a legal defeat in the first of multiple court battles aimed at halting a rape trial against him.

Lehrmann's Sydney-based solicitor Zali Burrows on Friday took aim at Queensland police after withdrawing a bid to prove officers had illegally recorded two conversations between Lehrmann and his previous legal team.