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JURY IN JARRYD HAYNE’S SEXUAL ASSAULT DISCHARGED

The jury in Jarryd Hayne’s sexual assault trial has been discharged after they were unable to reach a unanimous or majority verdict.

Hayne was accused of sexually assaulting a 26-year-old woman at her mother’s house, in the Newcastle suburb of Fletcher, on NRL Grand Final night in 2018.

After days of deliberations the jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

The judge said today he would accept a majority verdict of 11-1, but the jury was unable to reach this.

The DPP will indicate whether it will pursue a retrial on December 16.

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Tyson Cottrill

Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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