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| Max Clifford jury retires to consider verdicts | Max Clifford jury retires to consider verdicts |
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| The jury in the case of publicist Max Clifford has retired to consider its verdicts. | The jury in the case of publicist Max Clifford has retired to consider its verdicts. |
| Mr Clifford, 71, from Hersham, Surrey, denies 11 counts of indecent assault relating to seven alleged victims. | Mr Clifford, 71, from Hersham, Surrey, denies 11 counts of indecent assault relating to seven alleged victims. |
| The accusations concern alleged offences between 1966 and 1984. | The accusations concern alleged offences between 1966 and 1984. |
| Jurors at Southwark Crown Court were told by Judge Anthony Leonard QC in his summing up to ignore recent sex offence allegations against other high-profile figures. | Jurors at Southwark Crown Court were told by Judge Anthony Leonard QC in his summing up to ignore recent sex offence allegations against other high-profile figures. |
| The judge has told the jury that the Jimmy Savile scandal "spawned a number of inquiries into various people". | |
| He said: "All are irrelevant in your considerations of this case." | |
| Before retiring, the jury of six men and five women was reminded to take as much time as it needed "to reach just verdicts". |