Jurors admit to playing Sudoku at trial

AN Australian judge was forced to abandon a three-month drugs trial when jurors admitted they were doing Sudoku puzzles to fight off boredom.

Sydney District Court Judge Peter Zahra aborted proceedings after the jury forewoman admitted she and four others had been playing the numbers game since the second week of the hearing.

She told the judge the brain-teasers had helped “keep my mind busy” as she listened to testimony from the 105 witnesses at the trial, which has cost more than $1 million so far.