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King trial jury adjourns with transcript

Dennis Johnson

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HE JURY in the trial of three people accused of conspiring to murder the Northern Ireland Secretary, Mr Tom King, adjourned last night after more than seven hours' deliberation.

They spent the night within Winchester crown court buildings, where the trial is taking place. Five hours after they retired to consider their verdict, the judge recalled them to answer a question they had put to him in a note.

That question was "Can we convict if we think the information collecting was for several purposes, or does the one whole aim have to be murder?"

The judge said the Crown had to prove an agreement to murder so that the jury was sure. It was not sufficient to prove it as a possibility or probability, but it must be proved beyond reasonable doubt.