In the three hours after stepping into the jury room to decide on rape and sexual assault charges in a north London court, one of the 12 jurors stopped speaking to the others after declaring that “all women lie.” Another stated that “all Turks are aggressive,” refusing to believe the Turkish-origin defendant because “he blinked a lot.”
In the words of the first juror, the jury had turned into a “lynch mob” with severe bullying, racism and intimidation displayed. Similar allegations made their way to the judge in notes sent by jurors raising concerns about each others’ bias.
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