Bruce Lehrmann , who was last week revealed as the high-profile man charged with the rape of a woman west of Brisbane, has had his case mentioned in court for the first time since his identity became public.
In the Toowoomba case, the 28-year-old’s legal team had been fighting for months to keep his identity secret, despite new Queensland laws coming into effect on October 3 that would allow people accused of sexual assault-related offences to be named before they were committed to trial.Lehrmann had declared his innocence in both the Canberra and Toowoomba cases.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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