A senior ACT detective allegedly told Bruce Lehrmann’s defence barrister his client was innocent during a secret conversation between the pair while the high-profile rape trial was under way.
A senior ACT detective allegedly told the former Coalition staffer Bruce Lehrmann’s defence barrister his client was innocent during a secret conversation between the pair while the high-profile rape trial was under way.
“DI Boorman indicated to me that he was quite distressed about this prosecution and considered that Mr Lehrmann was innocent,” Whybrow said in his statement. “He made several other comments along these lines and I recall words to the effect ‘if the jury comes back with a guilty verdict, I’m resigning’.
The ACT government announced the inquiry into the conduct and competence of the criminal justice agencies involved in the case after a public breakdown in the relationship between the DPP and the ACT police. The lawyer also said that, during a discussion partway through the trial about what evidence would be led from Boorman and another officer, Detective Superintendent Scott Moller, Drumgold said words to the effect, “any opinion by those boofheads about the strength of this case is not admissible”.
He raised Higgins’ speech outside the ACT court complex the day the trial was aborted, in which she criticised the justice system and “falsely claimed” Lehrmann’s phone hadn’t been seized while hers had, as an example of conduct Drumgold failed to intervene in.Drumgold in his statement said he was concerned police were trying to undermine the trial, and that they doubted her credibility due to her going to the media before making a police statement, among other factors.
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