Archer trial jury continues deliberations

The jury in the Jeffrey Archer perjury trial is resuming its deliberations at the Old Bailey.

The five-woman, six-man jury panel has been considering its verdicts in the seven-week case since Friday.

Archer, 61, denies two counts of perjury and three counts of perverting the course of justice in relation to his 1987 libel action against the Daily Star.

He was awarded £500,000 after the newspaper claimed he slept with a prostitute.

His co-defendant, retired Ted Francis, 67, of Cranleigh, Surrey, denies one charge of perverting the course of justice by providing a false alibi.