The jury in the Millennium Dome diamond raid trial was sent home today until next week after one member fell ill.

The Old Bailey jury is trying five men accused of plotting to snatch £200 million diamonds from the Dome in Greenwich, London.

Judge Michael Coombe apologised to the other 11 in court, saying the juror was not fit today but was expected to be by Monday.

No details of his condition were given.

The jury was sent out to consider its verdicts last Monday and has spent two days deliberating without reaching a conclusion.

The court did not sit on Wednesday.

The prosecution has alleged that the gang intended to snatch the stones by smashing their way into the Dome on an earth mover, then escape across the Thames by speedboat.

Kevin Meredith, 34, of Aucklands Drive, Brighton, denies both conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to steal.

Aldo Ciarrocchi, 32, of Bermondsey, south east London; Raymond Betson, 40, of Chatham, Kent; William Cockram, 49, from Catford, south east London; and Robert Adams, 57, of no fixed address, all deny conspiracy to rob.

They have admitted a lesser charge of conspiring to steal.