Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw has revealed that a brief of evidence will be sent to the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions over the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins within “weeks”.
The bombshell announcement in Senate estimates confirms that prosecutors will now shortly consider whether or not criminal charges will be laid against a man who Ms Higgins alleges sexually assaulted her at Parliament House in March, 2019.
“A brief of evidence is likely to be submitted to the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions in coming weeks,’’ Commissioner Kershaw said.
But Commissioner Kershaw cautioned MPs over asking him questions over the allegations now that it would potentially go to “jury trial” if the matter is prosecuted in the courts.
“All of us would want justice for any victim in these circumstances,’’ Commissioner Kershaw told Senate estimates.
“I take an oath to protect the Australian community and to make sure that we do our job in investigating serious crimes.”
ACT DPP Shane Drumgold SC and his office will now be asked to consider whether or not charges will be laid in the matter.
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News.com.au broke the story on February 15, 2021 that a Liberal staffer alleged she was raped at Parliament House in Defence Minister Linda Reynolds’ ministerial office by a colleague.
In explosive allegations detailing the Morrison Government’s handling of the incident, media adviser Brittany Higgins told news.com.au that she spent the last two years “internalising the trauma”.
She revealed that she was brought to a formal employment meeting about the incident in the room where the incident occurred — a decision the Morrison Government has now accepted was an error by the then Defence Industry Minister Linda Reynolds.
Ms Higgins was just 24 at the time of the incident and only months into her “dream job” of working at parliament.
She said the horror night quickly emerged as a crisis to be managed by her successive chiefs of staff, cabinet ministers and even staff in the Prime Minister’s office.
The incident occurred in the early hours of March 23, 2019, just weeks before Prime Minister Scott Morrison called the election on April 10, 2019.
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