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John Cooper murder trial jury resumes deliberations | |
(about 14 hours later) | |
The jury in the trial of a man accused of killing four people in Pembrokeshire in the 1980s will continue its deliberations on Wednesday. | |
John Cooper, 66, denies murdering brother and sister Richard and Helen Thomas in 1985, and Oxfordshire couple Peter and Gwenda Dixon in 1989. | |
He also denies separate charges of rape, sexual assault and attempted robbery. | He also denies separate charges of rape, sexual assault and attempted robbery. |
The jury was sent home for the night on Tuesday. | |
Sending them out to consider their verdicts, the judge at Swansea Crown Court said jurors must consider evidence objectively, and apply common sense. | |
The Dixons were shot at close range while walking the Pembrokeshire coastal path on holiday. | |