A juror who carried out his own research while sitting on a murder trial has been spared jail after a judge said the “error of judgment” was “brought about the burden of responsibility” he felt.
Accountant Sadiq Leon, 42, was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment, suspended for six months, at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to two counts under the Juries Act 1974.
Judge Tony Baumgartner said some of the evidence he had heard in the case of Tyrece Fuller had “exacerbated” his existing anxiety.
