A judge had been entitled to continue a trial after one juror was discharged and there was nothing to suggest this had impacted on the fairness with which the remaining jurors had viewed the evidence. The jury had been placed under no pressure to return a verdict and had clearly taken care in analysing the evidence following a fair and balanced direction from the judge.
CHILD SEX OFFENCES CRIMINAL PROCEDURE DEADLOCK DISCHARGE DISCHARGE OF JURY JURORS POSSIBLE EFFECT ON FAIRNESS OF JURY AFTER DISCHARGE OF JUROR SEXUAL OFFENCES SPEED OF JURY’S SHIFT FROM DEADLOCK TO REACHING VERDICTS VERDICTS
The presence of a serving police officer on a jury in a criminal trial had not compromised the fairness of that trial because, although the case involved allegations of improper police conduct in relation to offences admitted as evidence of propensity, it did not involve a dispute of evidence between defence and police witnesses, and the officer serving on the jury could not be said to have been biased.
ABUSE OF PROCESS BIAS CASE INVOLVING ALLEGATIONS OF IMPROPER CONDUCT BY POLICE CHILD SEX OFFENCES CRIMINAL PROCEDURE EFFECT ON FAIRNESS OF TRIAL FAIRNESS JURORS POLICE OFFICERS RAPE SERVING POLICE OFFICER ON JURY
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