Footballers' trial: Jury to resume

The jury in the Leeds United footballers' trial is beginning its fourth day of deliberations.

The jury in the Leeds United footballers' trial is beginning its fourth day of deliberations.

England international Jonathan Woodgate, former England U-21 captain Lee Bowyer, and two of Woodgate's friends are accused of a street attack on an Asian student.

Bowyer, 24, of Leeds, Woodgate, Paul Clifford and Neale Caveney, all 21 and from Middlesbrough, deny causing grievous bodily harm with intent to 20-year-old Sarfraz Najeib. They also deny affray.

Mr Najeib, of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, suffered serious injuries in the attack in Mill Hill, Leeds, in January last year.

He spent eight days in hospital with a broken leg, fractured cheekbone and a bite mark to his cheek.

The jury of seven men and four women at Hull Crown Court last week found United defender Michael Duberry, Woodgate, Clifford and Caveney not guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

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