Teenager jeopardises trial by texting juror

A JUDGE in Britain criticised a teenager after she jeopardised two crown court trials by texting gossip claiming a defendant was a paedophile.

Danielle Robinson, 19, was serving on a jury at Hull Crown Court when she sent messages to a woman juror sitting on another trial.

She passed on “gossip” she had heard outside the court about a defendant in a second trial. The accusations were unsubstantiated and later found to be a fabrication.