only because we had this big lie but also explanation for it, there was also a contact sport, while he was lying about being at the kennels he was also insisting on data was exculpatory to him he was asking the agents to get that. i really thought they would be somewhat of a struggle in this jury room and i think they can get past the lie. also frankly i question how much of this was jury of his own peers. this is a small town, everybody knew the murdaugh s pre-allotted jurors dismissed early on because of their acquaintance and knowledge of the family and his power and privilege and i m not questioning any jury misconduct but i just don t think given the state of the evidence that this was the expected result event that is interesting, do you feel the same way david? it s interesting what sarah is
and i hope it continues. i swear there from our football presenter. coming up on friday in qatar the last round of group games. brazil have already qualified but any of the other three teams in group g could still make it through. and it s a similar story in group h where portugal s progress is assured, but any one of ghana, uruguay or south korea could join them in the knockout stages. much more detail on the special world cup section of our website just log on to bbc.com/news and click through or download the bbc app. in the past hour, the prosecution against a former australian political adviser bruce lehrmann who was accused of raping a colleague, britanny higgins, in australia s parliament house has been dropped. bruce lehrmann denies sexually assaulting brittany higgins on a minister s sofa after a night out in 2019. he appeared in court in october, but that trial collapsed due to jury misconduct.
the prosecution against a former australian political adviser bruce lehrmann, who was accused of raping a colleague, britanny higgins, in australia s parliament house, has been dropped. bruce lehrmann denies sexually assaulting brittany higgins on a minister s sofa after a night out in 2019. he appeared in court in october, but that trial collapsed due to jury misconduct. a friend of brittany higgins says she is in hospital to help deal with the trauma of the incident and that while it is disappointing the trial has ended this way, brittany s health and safety must always come first. here s the australian capital territory s director of public prosecutions. in light of the compelling independent medical opinion and balancing all factors, i ve made the difficult decision that it is no longer in the public interest to pursue a prosecution at the risk of the complainant s life. this has left me no option but to file a notice declining to proceed with the retrial of this matter, which i ha
on a minister s sofa after a night out in 2019. he appeared in court in october, but that trial collapsed due to jury misconduct. a friend of brittany higgins says she is in hospital to help deal with the trauma of the incident and that while it is disappointing the trial has ended this way, brittany s health and safety must always come first. here s the australian capital territory s director of public prosecutions. in light of the compelling independent medical opinion, and balancing all factors, i ve made the difficult decision that it is no longer in the public interest to pursue a prosecution at the risk of a complainant s life. this has left me no option but to file a notice declining to proceed with the retrial of this matter, which i have done this morning. this brings the prosecution to an end. before concluding, during the investigation and trial, as a sexual assault complainant, ms higgins has