"The jury in the trial of Max Clifford had to be sent out for laughing this afternoon as an alleged victim gave graphic evidence in relation to the man’s penis size"
"Jurors in the indecent assault trial of publicist Max Clifford have been told they can return a majority verdict.
Judge Anthony Leonard told the 10-person jury he would accept a verdict on which nine of them agreed.
Mr Clifford, 71, from Surrey, denies 11 counts of indecent assault against seven women and girls, aged 14 to 19, between 1966 and 1984.
The jury has been sent home after a fifth day of deliberations and will reconvene at 10:00 BST on Thursday.
The six men and four women were called back into Southwark Crown Court after lunch on Wednesday, where they informed the judge they had been unable to reach unanimous decisions on all of the counts.
The judge told them: "The time has now come in law where I am able to say that I can accept a verdict which is not the verdict of you all, but it must be a verdict on which at least nine of you are agreed." "
Well done to the CPS and the police. They have had a lot of uncalled for criticism over Yewtree imo but hopefully this will make other victims feel more confident in coming forward in the future
Wonder if some of the people Clifford has tried so vehemently to "spin" the truth about them are sitting quite so satisifed tonight by all he has done for them?
Why has he not been remanded before sentencing? Surely there's no doubt he'll be sent to prison.
Literally just said that to my missus when it came on the news. Eight counts of indecent assault including one under the age of 16 - why on earth wouldn't he be on remand ?
Why has he not been remanded before sentencing? Surely there's no doubt he'll be sent to prison.
Literally just said that to my missus when it came on the news. Eight counts of indecent assault including one under the age of 16 - why on earth wouldn't he be on remand ?
Custody on remand is generally used only if the convicted person is a danger to the public or likely to abscond.
Why has he not been remanded before sentencing? Surely there's no doubt he'll be sent to prison.
Literally just said that to my missus when it came on the news. Eight counts of indecent assault including one under the age of 16 - why on earth wouldn't he be on remand ?
Custody on remand is generally used only if the convicted person is a danger to the public or likely to abscond.
I see - cheers. I thought you were generally held on remand if you were likely to be sent down.
And the majority of the victims came forward after he was named by police apparently, so he may not have been convicted if the defendant anonymity that people keep banging on about had been in place.
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Judge Anthony Leonard told the 10-person jury he would accept a verdict on which nine of them agreed.
Mr Clifford, 71, from Surrey, denies 11 counts of indecent assault against seven women and girls, aged 14 to 19, between 1966 and 1984.
The jury has been sent home after a fifth day of deliberations and will reconvene at 10:00 BST on Thursday.
The six men and four women were called back into Southwark Crown Court after lunch on Wednesday, where they informed the judge they had been unable to reach unanimous decisions on all of the counts.
The judge told them: "The time has now come in law where I am able to say that I can accept a verdict which is not the verdict of you all, but it must be a verdict on which at least nine of you are agreed." "
If so, he probably isn't still a danger .