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court reporter Kristian Silva

Ricardo Barbaro murder trial over death of Ellie Price abandoned after juror misconduct

Ellie Price was stabbed to death in her South Melbourne apartment in May 2020. (Supplied: Facebook)

A juror who used the internet to do his own background research has caused a murder trial in Victoria's Supreme Court to be aborted.

On Wednesday, Justice Lex Lasry expressed his frustration while in the courtroom, saying the juror had acted in "direct contradiction" to his instructions to the 14-person panel.

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