Great news. The Brittany Higgins case is over. The ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, Shane Drumgold announced yesterday that the sexual assault charge against Bruce Lehrmann will be dropped, because of an ‘unacceptable risk to the life of the complainant’.
In an extraordinary statement to the press, Drumgold claimed the decision was made after he received compelling medical evidence of mental health risks to Higgins of continuing with the prosecution.
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