The trial of school caretaker Ian Huntley, accused of murdering Soham schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, has been delayed for a second day because a member of the jury is unwell.
The juror, who first reported sick on Monday, was ill again on Tuesday, forcing prosecutor Richard Latham to delay the presentation of his closing speech.
Mr Huntley (29) denies murdering the girls but has admitted conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
His former girlfriendthe 26-year-old former teaching assistant Ms Maxine Carr, is on trial with him on charges of assisting an offender and conspiring to pervert the course of justice.
Mr Huntley, who gave evidence in court last week, has admitted that Holly died in the bathtub at his house and that he killed Jessica when he covered her mouth with his hand to stop her screaming. But he says both deaths were accidents.
He has also has admitted loading the girls' bodies into the boot of his car and driving them to a secluded spot about 15 miles from Soham where he rolled them down a steep bank, cut their clothes off and burned the bodies.
Ms Carr, who also gave evidence in person last week, described how she and Mr Huntley concocted a false story about the evening the 10-year-olds died in August, 2002.
On her second day of evidence, Ms Carr rounded on her former lover, accusing him of killing the girls and then forcing her to lie to protect him.
