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Jayden Parkinson jury discharged over Jake Blakeley | Jayden Parkinson jury discharged over Jake Blakeley |
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A jury has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict over the brother of the man found guilty of murdering Jayden Parkinson. | A jury has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict over the brother of the man found guilty of murdering Jayden Parkinson. |
Jake Blakeley was accused of preventing the lawful burial of Jayden, who was killed by Ben Blakeley last December. | |
The 17-year-old, of Venners Water, Didcot, denied the charge, but admitted perverting the course of justice, which he will be sentenced for on 22 August. | |
Ben Blakeley, 22, from Reading, was found guilty of murder on Thursday. | Ben Blakeley, 22, from Reading, was found guilty of murder on Thursday. |
Trial judge Patrick Eccles QC dismissed the jury of six women and six men at Oxford Crown Court after they failed to reach a verdict on Jake Blakely's case after 21 hours and 49 minutes of deliberations. | |
The Crown Prosecution Service now has seven days to decide whether to bring a retrial against him. | |
During the trial, the jury heard how Jake Blakeley had helped his brother dig two graves for the body of 17-year-old Jayden. | |
He said he did not see what was being buried, but was told by his brother the first, in a field, was for weapons and the second, at a graveyard in Didcot, was for the bodies of a cat and dog. | |
On 14 July, Judge Eccles lifted an order which had banned media from naming the teenager. | |
Ben Blakeley will be sentenced for murdering Jayden Parkinson at Oxford Crown Court this afternoon. |
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