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Community Ten’s barrister Matthew Collins KC delivered a scathing argument towards Bruce Lehrmann throughout closing submissions on Thursday.
He tied the present defamation trial into Mr Lehrmann’s felony trial final yr, arguing the previous Liberal staffer did rape Brittany Higgins and knowingly lied to 2 courts.
Dr Collins defined that, if Justice Lee did discover a sexual act befell in Linda Reynolds’ workplace on March 23, 2019, the ‘monstrosity’ of mendacity about it’s made worse by the truth that he would have additionally lied about it within the felony trial.
‘As a result of within the felony trial not solely was a knowingly false account put earlier than the jury and allowed to go uncorrected, however counsel was – should have been instructed to cross-examination – on the premise of the lie,’ he informed the courtroom.
Justice Lee interrupted Dr Collins just a few instances to check the validity of his arguments – not as a result of he agreed with them.
He stated if Mr Lehrmann went again to Parliament Home that night time to have intercourse with Brittany Higgins, somewhat than to make notes on Query Time briefs like he stated, ‘it could be monstrous to run a defamation case on the premise that you’ve informed a very black lie’.
Mr Lehrmann will win the defamation case if the decide both finds that he didn’t rape Ms Higgins, on a stability of chances, or if he’s unable to find out whether or not a rape occurred or not.
It was argued that if the decide just isn’t capable of work out whether or not a rape befell, Mr Lehrman would win the case however shouldn’t be awarded damages.
Justice Lee stated: ‘[If] the chances are so evenly matched … then the suitable response in a circumstance like that should be to award no damages.’
On Friday, Mr Lehrmann’s barristers will ship their closing arguments for the case.
