Emile Cilliers will face a retrial after the jury was dismissed on Thursday, a day after the judge warned its members against bullying among them. But, on Wednesday this week, after discharging two female jurors on the grounds of stress-related illnesses, Mr Justice Sweeney told the remaining members: “Discussions by their nature will be exhausting. Cilliers, wearing a grey suit, looked down at the floor as the decision to discharge the jury was announced. Sweeney released him on conditional bail until the retrial on the three counts, which he denies, is held. The judge told him: “I am going to continue your bail on precisely the same conditions as before.

Source: The Guardian November 23, 2017 14:45 UTC