TWO murder trial juries were today starting a second day of deliberations into two Huddersfield deaths.
Jurors retired yesterday afternoon in the trial of two men accused of murdering a neighbour.
Douglas Stephen and Christopher Burton, both 29, have already admitted manslaughter after they launched a booze-fuelled attack on 55-year-old John Collins on July 28 last year.
Mr Collins, who had been on his way to collect his seven-year-old daughter that evening, was repeatedly kicked and stamped on in the incident at Oakes Avenue, Brockholes. He later died from head injuries.
Summing up the case yesterday, Judge James Goss QC told the jury of nine women and three men they had to be sure of the pair’s intent.
He said: “A person is guilty of murder if, intending to kill or cause really serious bodily harm, they kill another person.”
He added: “Both defendants deny they had the specific intent that makes them guilty of murder.”
The second jury are considering a verdict in the trial of a man accused of murdering Deighton alcoholic Kim Driver last July.
The Honourable Mr Justice Coulson completed his summing up of the evidence in the trial of 31-year-old Paul Kelly yesterday afternoon, but the jury were sent home after being retired for less than an hour.
Kelly, of Abbey Road, Fartown, is accused of knifing to death Mr Driver, 52, at his flat in Crawthorne Crescent.
Kelly has denied being responsible for the killing.
