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Prosecutor says he needed to stop "parliamentary stuff" distracting jurors.

Lisa Wilkinson was publicly slammed in June last year after she won the television award for her interview with Brittany Higgins on The Project. However, she says she wasnt warned.

The ACT's top prosecutor does not believe the rape trial of former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann was extraordinary and says he maintained objectivity throughout the case. 

An independent inquiry into how the justice system handled rape allegations made by former Liberal Party staffer Brittany...

An independent inquiry into how the justice system handled rape allegations made by former Liberal Party staffer Brittany ...

Prosecutor says he needed to stop "parliamentary stuff" distracting jurors.

Shane Drumgold, the ACT DPP, told a special Board of Inquiry on Monday his account of the fallout from Wilkinsons speech which delayed Lehrmanns rape trial last year. She claims she was treated unfairly.

"I should have listened," he said of Lisa Wilkinson's speech.

"I should have listened," he said of Lisa Wilkinson's speech.

‘I’m not a publicist. I’m the director of public prosecutions,’ said Shane Drumgold of meeting with Lisa Wilkinson