The judge overseeing the defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann has suggested he’s struggling with the credibility of the key witnesses. Justice Michael Lee said both Lehrmann and Brittany Higgins “have real credit issues” and “various parts” of their evidence “simply can’t be accepted”. The judge also said journo Lisa Wilkinson’s Logies speech was affecting her “credit” because he couldn’t accept it was cleared in advance by lawyers. Network Ten summed up its case yesterday with barrister Matt Collins arguing Higgins never “wavered in any material respect” while Lehrmann was “revealed to be a fundamentally dishonest man”. Collins has also argued Lehrmann shouldn’t receive damages if he wins the case – given the vast majority of The Project’s audience wouldn’t have known he was the unnamed accused. Lehrmann’s lawyers will sum up his case next, and then it will be over to the judge to make a ruling.