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Section size for Bruce Lehrmann (17 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	2,119	2,119	225	225
Early life and education	2,851	2,851	81	81
Parliament House rape allegations	18,202	45,398	656	1,418
ACT criminal trial	14,835	27,196	473	762
ACT trial inquiry	12,361	12,361	289	289
Defamation trial	10,070	21,633	265	1,000
Costs	3,164	3,164	190	190
Appeal	8,399	8,399	545	545
Subsequent legal matters	29	14,984	0	842
Queensland rape trial	6,382	6,382	322	322
Rental damages	1,042	1,042	51	51
Corruption agency raid	2,813	2,813	129	129
Tasmanian car theft charge	3,267	3,267	228	228
Restraining order application	1,451	1,451	112	112
Media appearances	4,494	4,494	148	148
Footnotes	30	30	0	0
References	278	278	0	0
Total	91,787	91,787	3,714	3,714

An analysis peice

Latest comment: 8 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

I think most of this is already covered in the article, but perhaps there a few details which can be expanded on. https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/bruce-lehrmann-went-back-for-his-hat-a-second-time-and-paid-the-price-20251203-p5nkh8.html TarnishedPath^talk 00:38, 4 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Trial date set

Latest comment: 4 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/trial-date-set-in-bruce-lehrmann-rape-case-in-toowoomba/106467496 TarnishedPath^talk 12:41, 23 March 2026 (UTC)Reply