Facebook post sparks probe into jury conduct in sex crime trial

on March 29 after lawyers for the defendant – who was convicted in December 2016 of sexual intercourse taking advantage of a person's cognitive impairment – applied for an order that the Sheriff investigate potential juror misconduct.

The court heard those words were superimposed on a photo showing images of "rooms and implements by which lawful executions are carried out". Justice Garling said an "apparently reliable witness" had observed that witness and a juror "socialising and drinking ... at a licensed club in Broken Hill". The District Court sat in Broken Hill for the trial. Justice Garling said there was "evidence, and common knowledge suggests, that Broken Hill is '… a small town and almost everybody knows everybody else'".

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