Bruce Lehrmann loses bid to get footage from documentary featuring Brittany Higgins ahead of rape trial

Judge says no legitimate forensic purpose' to former Liberal staffer's subpoena requesting footage, ahead of his Queensland trial

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Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann has lost a legal bid to access copies of all footage from a documentary featuring Brittany Higgins.

Lehrmann had subpoenaed the producers of the documentary Silenced and signalled a possible attempt to ban its broadcast before his Queensland trial for rape.