First juror guilty of contempt via internet faces jail

THE first juror ever to be prosecuted for contempt of court involving the internet sobbed as she was warned she faces jail.

London’s High Court heard that Joanne Fraill, 40, from Manchester, admitted using Facebook to contact Jamie Sewart, 34, a defendant already acquitted in a drugs trial in Manchester.

The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, said the court could not announce sentence yesterday.