Judge can continue fraud trial without jury, Court of Appeal rules
by Callum Parke
Jan 24, 2024
2 minutes
A £700,000 fraud trial can continue without jurors after reports of jury tampering, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Jurors were sent home 10 weeks into the trial at Birmingham Crown Court, where nine defendants stand accused of fraud and money laundering offences, in November.
The trial judge decided to discharge the jury after reports of tampering, which had
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