As I said I think they must have been pretty evenly split and didn't want to budge on their views. And they therefore knew they couldn't reach a verdict early on in the day today. Best result really but I didn't know there were three charges. How long before the retrial generally?
Eta I just looked at the beginning of the thread and the third ( criminal damage ) charge is due to the damage to the gas pipe, recklessly endangering the lives of his two children. :frown:
And as I said, we can't know how they were split! I've been on a jury where one person was adamantly against the majority and couldn't be budged (and no Twelve Angry Men scenario resulted, either).
Yes, the three charges have been discussed at length on this thread.