Murder trial of doormen collapses

The murder trial of two doormen accused of the murder of a Vietnamese man and the assault of a Chinese man dramatically collapsed at the Central Criminal court today.

The presiding trial judge Mr Justice Henry Abbott discharged the jury for both Mr James Harmer and Mr Noel O'Flaherty and told the 11 jurors that fresh material which emerged last Thursday was "unforeseen but also more serious than would have been thought".