The jury in the Millennium Dome diamond raid trial was today sent home for a second night after failing to reach verdicts.
The Old Bailey jurors are trying five men accused of plotting to snatch £200 million of diamonds from the Dome. A Brighton man is among the accused.
The jurors will return to court on Thursday to continue their deliberations. The court is not sitting tomorrow.
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.
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