Where events or disturbances in the public gallery at a trial were such that the court could not be sure that a jury had not been influenced by them, the trial should not have been concluded. The jury appeared to have been so afraid as to be unable at first to find one of its members willing to act as foreman. The judge’s direction to the jury about the connections between members of the public and the defendant did not retrieve that doubt.
Citations:
Times 02-Nov-2000
Criminal Practice
Updated: 09 April 2022; Ref: scu.85588