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Bruce Lehrmann committed to stand trial in Toowoomba
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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7/4/2024
A Queensland magistrate has ordered former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann to face trial on rape charges.
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Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrman has been committed to stand trial on two charges of
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rape alleged to have been committed here in Toowoomba on Queensland's Darling Downs in
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October of 2021.
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Now for the first time in open court, fresh details of the allegations have finally been
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aired in also a timeline of what allegedly went down that night.
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The female complainant in the case was on a night out with some friends in October 2021.
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She went to a nightclub here in Toowoomba and that's when she is said to have met the
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defendant in the case, Bruce Lehrman.
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They talked for a little while before they went to a location in East Toowoomba together
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a home.
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It's been accepted they had consensual sex and took some cocaine before the female complainant
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went to sleep.
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She then alleges that at some time she woke up to Mr Lehrman having sex with her.
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The court heard she asked him to stop.
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The following day the woman went to a pharmacy to get the morning after pill.
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The defense submitted that on the form she filled out that it was due to a failed contraceptive
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despite another box saying sexual assault.
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The defense says that this is not consistent with a rape allegation.
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The defense made a no case submission saying their client had no case to answer to.
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However the magistrate in the Toowoomba court did end up committing the case saying that
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there was a case to answer to.
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Now the matter will proceed to the district court.
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It could take some time before a trial date is set.
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Bruce Lehrman did not appear in person today.
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He appeared via phone and when asked whether he'd like to make a comment after the matter
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was committed to trial he declined.
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Outside court his lawyers also declined to comment.
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