The first trial of neo-natal nurse Lucy Letby almost collapsed at the 11th hour when a malicious caller claimed one of the jurors was biased against her, it can be revealed today.
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Legal restrictions have prevented the media reporting details of the appeal and the 'juror irregularity' until today. Podcast All episodes Play on Apple Spotify It subsequently emerged that the shop owner had a grudge against the juror's partner, who used to work at the establishment, because they had fallen out over the sale of a mobile phone.
'Within an hour or two the complainant was on the phone to the court… not mere coincidence,' Mr Johnson added. Midway through the jury's deliberations last August a phone call was made to Manchester Crown Court claiming that a male juror had visited a shop and told the owner the jury had 'made up their minds about her from the start.'
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