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Jury discharged in Angelika trial | Jury discharged in Angelika trial |
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The trial of a man accused of murdering Polish student Angelika Kluk in Glasgow has been temporarily abandoned after the jury was discharged. | |
Peter Tobin, 60, has denied killing Ms Kluk, 23, in St Patrick's Church, Anderston, or elsewhere, last year. | |
The 15 jurors at the High Court in Edinburgh, who were picked on Friday, were discharged due to technical reasons after a legal debate. | |
A new jury will be selected on Wednesday, court officials said. | A new jury will be selected on Wednesday, court officials said. |
Judge Lord Menzies apologised to the nine men and six women before sending them home. | |
He told jurors: "Legal discussions have been going on and for technical reasons which I don't want to explain to you in further detail I have been persuaded it is not appropriate this trial should continue and it has been decided there will be a fresh trial which it is anticipated will start later this week." | |
Special defence | |
Mr Tobin has denied rape, murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice. | |
On Friday, jurors heard that Mr Tobin has been accused of attacking Angelika last September in St Patrick's Church in William Street, Anderston. | |
He allegedly gagged her with cloth and tape, tied her hands, raped her, battered her with a piece of wood or similar item and repeatedly struck her with a knife. | |
It has been further alleged that he then hid her body under the floor of the church. | |
Mr Tobin has denied giving Glasgow police a false name, age and address, travelling to London and pretending to staff at the National Neurology and Neurosurgery Hospital in Queen's Square, London, that his name was James Kelly. | |
He has also denied a breach of the peace between July and September last year by threatening Rebecca Dordi at St Patrick's Church. | |
In a special defence read to the jury, he admitted having sex with Angelika, with her consent. |
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