MARTHA STEWART and her former stockbroker, Peter Bacanovic, will be sentenced separately on Friday, a clerk for the sentencing judge said yesterday.

A FEDERAL judge yesterday denied Martha Stewart’s latest request for a new trial based on allegations that a government ink expert lied on the witness stand at her first trial.

A judge has delayed domestic guru Martha Stewart’s sentencing by three weeks while the dollar billionaire’s lawyers prepare a bid for a new trial.

A New York judge has refused to grant “domestic goddess” Martha Stewart a new trial, dismissing an appeal based on claims that a juror lied to conceal bias against the celebrity home-making entrepreneur.

A judge today turned down style guru Martha Stewart’s motion for a second trial based on allegations that a juror lied about his arrest record on a pre-trial questionnaire.

Home decorating magnate Martha Stewart is asking for a new trial, saying one of the jurors who convicted her lied about an arrest on assault charges.

MARTHA STEWART’S felony conviction rattled through her rapidly eroding business empire as shares of her namesake company continued to fall, Viacom cancelled her syndicated television show and she quit the board of cosmetic giant Revlon.

JURORS in the Martha Stewart trial said they felt pity for the fallen celebrity homemaker as her verdict was read, but that ultimately they were sure they had made the right decision.

US “domestic goddess” Martha Stewart has been convicted of obstructing justice and lying to the US government about why she unloaded her stock in a biotech company just before the price plummeted.

MARTHA STEWART was convicted last night of obstructing justice and lying to the US government about a superbly-timed stock sale — a devastating verdict that probably means prison for the woman who epitomises meticulous homemaking and gracious living.

US lifestyle guru Martha Stewart was convicted today by a New York court of obstructing justice and lying about a superbly timed shares sale, a devastating verdict that probably means prison for the woman who epitomises meticulous homemaking and gracious living.

A New York judge threw out the most serious charge against Martha Stewart, securities fraud, before the jury was to retire to consider other verdicts.

Lawyers in the Martha Stewart trial will deliver their closing arguments early next week, and 12 jurors will begin deciding the fate of the style guru next Wednesday.

ONE of Martha Stewart’s closest friends has dealt a harsh blow to her longtime pal by testifying that the trendsetter told her she sold ImClone Systems Inc shares after learning the biotech company’s founder was dumping his stock.

A close friend of Martha Stewart has provided the last major link in a chain of evidence the US government hopes will convince jurors in New York that she lied about the home decorating magnate’s sale of ImClone Systems stock.

With an investigation looming, Martha Stewart sat down at her assistant’s computer and altered a record of a message left by her stockbroker about ImClone Systems stock, the assistant has told a New York court.

A young brokerage assistant testified that his boss ordered him to pass a secret tip to Martha Stewart that led the style guru to trigger her well-timed sale of shares.

A jury of eight women and four men was chosen today to hear the fraud trial of American’s billionaire domestic goddess Martha Stewart.

Martha Stewart’s lawyer fears that jurors at her share fraud trial might mistakenly believe the billionaire domestic goddess is charged with insider trading.

Martha Stewart, the creative force behind what was once a billion dollar empire of domestic “good things,” is due in court in New York tomorrow to face trial on charges she lied about a well-timed share sale that saved her €40,400.

IMCLONE SYSTEMS founder Sam Waksal was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison yesterday for an insider-trading scandal that ensnared his family and threatens US home and style guru Martha Stewart and her home decorating empire.

MARTHA Stewart is accused of deliberately trying to inflate the stock of her own company — simply by declaring her innocence.