A jury in the case of a man accused of attempting to murder a police officer has been sent home for the weekend.
James Richards, 35, of West Paddock Court, Northampton, denies the charge and an alternative count of assault causing grievous bodily harm to PC Gary Thompson.
The officer was stabbed twice in the back after answering an emergency call to a disturbance at the home of Simon Cowley in Rock Close, Southwick, on June 29 last year.
Richards, his son Jonathan Richards, 17, of Wilmot Court, Shoreham and Shaun Kelly, 18, of Church Green, Shoreham, all deny conspiracy to assault Simon Cowley and aggravated burglary.
Kelly's mother Mandy Stephenson, 41, and her friend Lynda Cole, 30, both of Church Green, Shoreham, deny conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
The jury will continue to consider its verdict on Monday.
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