Jury in shaken baby trial sent home again (From The Northern Echo)
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Jury in shaken baby trial sent home again
5:22pm Wednesday 13th February 2013 in News
By Dani Webb, Chief Reporter (South Durham)
DENIES CHARGE: Lee Clark
THE jury in the trial of a man accused of killing his son by shaking him to death has been sent home after failing to reach a verdict for a second day.
The eight women and four men have been deliberating for nearly ten hours after being sent out shortly before lunch yesterday (Tuesday, February 12) to consider whether Lee Clark is guilty of the manslaughter of Charlee Cameron Clark.
Mr Justice Coulson told them he would accept a majority verdict of a minimum of ten to two if the jury are unable to reach a unanimous decision.
Five-month-old Charlee died in the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI), in Newcastle, on March 1, 2011, five days after being admitted with bleeding and swelling to the brain and bleeding behind the eyes.
His father, former Darlington bar manager Mr Clark, 28, denies the manslaughter of his son at their home in Neville Close, in Gainford, County Durham.
The jury will continue its deliberation tomorrow morning.
The trial continues.
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