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In an unusual move, the Lipine Sila murder trial jury will meet on Saturday morning for a private viewing of the three video interviews he had with police.
The showing of the tapes - in a separate closed courtroom with probably just the jury present - is expected to take about three hours.
The jury signalled this morning that it was at an impasse, and asked for further directions from trial judge Justice John Fogarty.
He then spoke to them and urged them to continue trying to reach verdicts on the 10 charges relating to the Edgeware Road party tragedy last May.
Late this afternoon, the judge discussed matters with counsel and sent three questions into the jury room.
The jury then indicated it was no longer at an impasse and was making progress, and believed it could make more progress if given more time.
It then requested that members be given a chance to watch all three video interviews again, in a closed court, and Justice Fogarty made arrangements for that to happen from 9am Saturday.
He said the jury could sit on as long as it wished tonight and then retire to a hotel for a third night since its deliberations began at 10.45am on Wednesday.
The jury is considering two murder charges, and eight charges of intentionally causing grievous bodily harm after a car was driven through a crowd of partygoers outside an out-of-control party in Edgeware Road a year ago.
Sixteen-year-olds Hannah Rossiter and Jane Young were killed.
Sila denies all charges.
- NZPA
