Jury discharged in Darius Henderson trial

1:30pm Thursday 7th March 2013 in News

The jury in the case of Nottingham Forest striker Darius Henderson has been discharged by the judge.

Judge Martin Griffith told the five men and seven women at St Albans crown court that the case could not continue because a witness was unavailable, working on a sheep farm in Australia.

Mr Henderson, 31, who previously played for Watford and Millwall, and lives in Markyate, Herts, denies causing grievous bodily harm to John Bell at Darcy's restaurant in St Albans on New Year's Day 2012.

No new date has been fixed for the trial.

Comments(1)

Lee West says...
7:12am Fri 8 Mar 13

It is my understanding that a Judge can authorise a witness not to be present in court proceedings and allow a reader to read out the witness statement in court instead! What a waste of public funding! I wonder if there would have been a different set of circumstances had the person facing charges had not been a 'celebrity'?

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