Bruce Lehrmann: Australia parliament rape retrial abandoned

The lawsuit against a erstwhile governmental advisor accused of raping a workfellow wrong Australia's Parliament House has been dropped.

Bruce Lehrmann, 27, denies sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins connected a minister's sofa aft a nighttime retired successful 2019. He maintains nary enactment took place.

Mr Lehrmann's proceedings collapsed successful October due to the fact that of assemblage misconduct.

The ongoing hazard to Ms Higgins's intelligence wellness means a retrial is not successful the nationalist interest, prosecutors say.

New aesculapian proposal recovered that a planned retrial for February posed an unacceptable hazard to her wellbeing, Australian Capital Territory Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold said connected Friday.

Speaking extracurricular tribunal successful October aft the archetypal proceedings was aborted, a tearful Ms Higgins had said the proceedings had taken a toll.

"I told the truth, nary substance however uncomfortable oregon unflattering, to the court," she said. "My beingness has been publically scrutinised, unfastened for the satellite to see."

The assemblage successful October's proceedings was discharged aft 12 days of grounds and 5 days of deliberation, erstwhile it emerged 1 subordinate had brought successful world probe papers looking astatine mendacious accusations successful intersexual battle cases.

Juries are required to scope a verdict lone connected grounds presented successful the courtroom.

Before giving her relationship to constabulary successful aboriginal 2021, Ms Higgins gave up her close to anonymity and went nationalist with her claims successful high-profile paper and tv interviews.