The jury in the trial of Michael Scott, who denies murdering his 76-year-old aunt by driving over her in an agricultural teleporter, has been told that it is too early for them to return a majority verdict.
Ms Justice Caroline Biggs today responded to a number of questions from the jury, which began its deliberations last Friday. Ms Justice Biggs said that the best verdict is a unanimous one and the jury "must return a unanimous verdict at this stage".
She said majority verdicts can be considered at a later stage, but added: "We are nowhere near that stage yet". A majority verdict, she said, would be accepted "after a number of days in a case like this".
