Jurors in Chris Cairns perjury trial sent home for weekend
Saturday 28 November 2015 11:06, UK
Jurors in the trial of former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns have been sent home for the weekend after failing to reach a verdict following more than eight hours of deliberations.
The jury of seven women and five men began considering the evidence at London's Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday.
Shortly after midday on Friday, the judge, Mr Justice Sweeney, told the jury he would accept a majority verdict, with a minimum of 10 jurors agreeing their conclusions.
Cairns, 45, faces charges of perjury and perverting the course of justice after he successfully sued Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi for accusing him of match fixing on Twitter in 2010.
The retired cricketer won £90,000 from the libel case, but he allegedly lied to the court when he said he had "never, ever cheated at cricket".
Cairns is also said to have perverted the course of justice by persuading his former team-mate Lou Vincent to provide a false witness statement during a Skype call.
Cairns's friend and "legal adviser", Andrew Fitch-Holland, 50, from Manchester, is also accused of perverting the course of justice.
Both men deny the allegations.
