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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Tim Piccione

'Not gone smoothly': Judge left with 'no alternative' but to discharge rape trial jury

A judge has apologised to a jury before discharging the group of people selected to deliver verdicts in a historical rape trial.

"Regrettably, we've come to a point where I have no alternative but to discharge you," Chief Justice Lucy McCallum told the 12 jurors on Thursday.

The trial of a man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the alleged victim, was in its fourth day when the order was made.

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