Appeal Court President would deprecate 'disturbing' practice of researching jurors after trial

The President of the Court of Appeal has said that he has never heard of research being carried out on jurors post trial and, should it represent an emerging practice, he would deprecate it.

Mr Justice George Birmingham made the remarks today in a case where lawyers for a 53-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage girl said there was “grave concern” over the impartiality of the jury who convicted him.