Soccer: Family 'not to blame' for collapse of trial

The judge who ruled that Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer should face a retrial says the family of the alleged victim should not be blamed for the collapse of the trial.

Soccer: Family 'not to blame' for collapse of trial

The judge who ruled that Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer should face a retrial says the family of the alleged victim should not be blamed for the collapse of the trial.

Mr Justice Poole, who discharged the jury in the case following an article in a Sunday newspaper, says the new hearing should take place at Hull Crown Court in October.

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