Bruce Lehrmann's lawyer frustrated over suggestions of collusion
The lawyer for the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins says he was "pissed off" by suggestions he colluded with Senator Linda Reynolds during the trial.
Steven Whybrow told an ACT inquiry into the handling of Bruce Lehrmann's trial, the assertions from the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions Shane Drumgold were "unfair and untrue".
"He put these positive things to Linda Reynolds, up to and including that she was trying to tell me how to do my job and give me cross-examination tips, and I was pissed off. I was angry and I wrote this email to him about what I considered was improper conduct," Whybrow told the inquiry.
Bruce Lehrmann arrives at the Federal Court in March. Kate Geraghty
Lehrmann was accused of raping Higgins in Parliament House in 2019, although his trial was abandoned late last year.
He maintains his innocence.
Last week, Drumgold told the inquiry he believed ACT police showed a "passion" for seeing Lehrmann's prosecution fail.
But Whybrow said he saw no evidence of that, accusing Drumgold of a "lack of impartiality".
"The DPP is not the solicitor for the complainant, he's supposed to be the objective minister of justice," he said.
The inquiry continues.
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