Dando jury resumes deliberations

The jury in the Jill Dando murder trial is today resuming its deliberations at the Old Bailey in Britain.

The jury in the Jill Dando murder trial is today resuming its deliberations at the Old Bailey in Britain.

The jury, which has been deliberating since Wednesday, was given a day of rest by Mr Justice Gage, after sitting on Saturday.

The judge has told jurors he is now prepared to accept a majority verdict in the case.

He gave the majority direction on Saturday afternoon after jurors had deliberated for more than 20 hours, but said he would prefer them to reach a unanimous decision.

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He told them "to try to reach a unanimous verdict, but if you cannot I will accept a majority verdict, that is a verdict on which at least 10 of you are agreed."

"You must have as much time as you need. You must not think that you are under any pressure of time at all."

The panel is now down to 11 after one of the seven women jurors was discharged by the judge due to a family bereavement.

Mr Barry George, 41, unemployed from Crookham Road, Fulham, south-west London, has denied murdering Miss Dando on April 26, 1999.

The TV presenter was shot through the head in the doorway of her home in Gowan Avenue, Fulham, west London.

PA