The Sydney jury in the former NRL player’s third trial on two counts of sexual intercourse without consent has been deliberating since March 27.
The 12-person jury in the sexual assault trial of former NRL player Jarryd Hayne has been asked to persevere after being unable to unanimously agree following a week of deliberations.
Judge Graham Turnbull, SC, acknowledged there had been lengthy discussions and that he did have the power to discharge them, but said he was required to ask them to persevere. “I only say that for the obvious reason ... you’ve been diligently addressing these matters for some days now,” he said. The jury retired to deliberate on March 27.The judge emphasised that the jury were to put aside stereotypes and only have regard to the evidence in the trial and “what went on within these four walls”.
Hayne’s third trial, held in Sydney’s John Maddison Tower, heard 11 days of evidence before the jury retired to consider their verdicts.
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