London - Three killers had their murder convictions quashed after a detective failed to disclose that she knew one of the jurors in their trial, it emerged on Tuesday.
DC Bryant, 46, sent text messages to juror Lauren Jones to keep quiet about knowing each other ahead of the trial, and even offered her lifts to court. DC Bryant, an officer with nearly 30 years’ experience, sat with Mr Brewster’s family in the courtroom while teaching assistant Miss Jones was yards away on the jury bench at Cardiff Crown Court.
A Court of Appeal judgment – handed down last year but covered until now by reporting restrictions – said: ‘Several weeks after the trial an appellant’s solicitor received information that Detective Constable Bryant had a close relationship with a member of the jury. That officer’s son was in a long-term relationship with the juror.
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