The case for and against: What the jury was told in George Pell's trial

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George Pell's first trial ended when a jury could not reach a verdict. His second trial found him guilty. Here are the key points the juries had to consider.

Cardinal George Pell stood trial on allegations he sexually abused two choirboys in St Patrick's Cathedral in East Melbourne after a Sunday mass in December 1996.

A first jury was discharged in September last year after it was unable to reach a verdict, but a second jury in December found Pell guilty on all charges at retrial. Here are some key questions the juries had to consider.Could the choirboys have broken from the procession without being noticed?

 

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Not much of a case....

Is Gerard Henderson going to join Andrew Bolt and Miranda divine in defending the pedophile?

I am hearing the first trial was a hung jury 10-2 in his favour. No new evidence for the second trial which resulted in a 12-0 verdict against him. That’s perplexing. Can you check this out.

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