Jurors within the trial of the person accused of raping Brittany Higgins are coming into a fifth day of deliberations after being instructed by a decide to maintain looking for a verdict.
Bruce Lehrmann has pleaded not responsible to sexual activity with out consent and is dealing with a prison trial within the ACT Supreme Court docket.
On Tuesday afternoon, following three days and 6 hours of deliberations, the jury despatched a be aware to the courtroom indicating they have been unable to succeed in a unanimous settlement.
However Chief Justice Lucy McCallum despatched them again to the deliberation room, saying expertise exhibits juries are capable of attain a call if given extra time.
"I ask you to retire once more to see in the event you can attain a verdict on this trial," she mentioned.
She mentioned they need to calmly and objectively pay attention to one another's opinions and attempt to attain a unanimous choice.
She reminded them they may not take part a verdict if they didn't "actually and genuinely" suppose it was the proper one.
Inside minutes, the jury despatched one other be aware asking to complete for the day and return to courtroom with "contemporary minds" on Wednesday.
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Earlier within the week, the jury requested for "somewhat additional time" and the chief justice assured them there was no rush.
She instructed the jurors to discover a verdict in keeping with the proof offered within the courtroom and mentioned they need to not really feel pressured to decide.
"There is not any rush. There is not any time restrict," she mentioned.
The deliberations adopted a 12-day trial the place jurors heard from 29 witnesses, together with Liberal senators Linda Reynolds and Michaelia Money.
Ms Higgins alleges Lehrmann raped her within the parliamentary workplace of Senator Reynolds once they labored for her as defence business minister in March 2019. He denies any sexual interplay occurred.
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