THE jury in the trial of a man accused of murdering pregnant teenager Jayden Parkinson has been sent home until Thursday.
Ben Blakeley, aged 22, of Christchurch Road in Reading, denies murdering the 17-year-old, whose body was found in the grave of Blakeley’s dead uncle, Alan Kennedy, in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Didcot, on December 18 last year. His younger brother, Jake Blakeley, aged 17, of Venners Water, Didcot, denies a charge of preventing lawful burial, but has also admitted perverting the course of justice Jayden’s late father Paul, who died before the trial, was a pupil at Breightmet High School. The jury is not sitting for two days to allow one of the jurors to attend a hospital appointment. Deliberations will continue on Thursday.
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