The trial of the person accused of raping Brittany Higgins could also be delayed by as much as three weeks after his barrister pulled out days earlier than the case was as a consequence of be heard.
Bruce Lehrmann, who's charged with sexual activity with out consent, has pleaded not responsible to assaulting Higgins at Parliament Home in Canberra in 2019.
He was beforehand anticipated to face a six-week trial beginning on Monday. However days earlier than the trial was as a consequence of start, it emerged in court docket his barrister was unable to look for him.
Lehrmann’s lawyer advised the ACT supreme court docket on Thursday that a alternative lawyer had been discovered however wanted extra time to be briefed. The court docket heard the trial must begin earlier than 27 June, to permit sufficient time.
The ACT chief justice, Lucy McCallum, postponed the trial to a date not earlier than 20 June.
Lehrmann’s authorized staff will return to court docket subsequent Wednesday to debate how the case is progressing.
Lehrmann denies raping Higgins within the ministerial workplace of Linda Reynolds in March 2019.
Chief justice McCallum refused an software by Lehrmann’s attorneys for a everlasting or momentary keep of the trial in late April.
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