A JURY has been dismissed in the murder trial of Kyron Lee after struggling to reach a verdict on the final defendant.
Mr Lee, 21, was knocked from his bike in Earls Lane by a stolen black Golf on October 2 last year at about 8.50pm.
He was then chased into Waterman Close and stabbed with ‘machete-like’ weapons. He sadly died from ‘multiple stab wounds’.
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Inside the vehicle were five men – three of which stood trial at Reading Crown Court, starting on June 1, charged with murder: Khalid Nur, 20, Fras Seedahmed, 18, of Slough and Mohammed Elgamri, 18, of Windsor.
The jury found two of those defendants, Nur and Elgamri, guilty of murder.
On Wednesday (July 26), after just over 24 hours of deliberation, the jury found Nur guilty of murder.
The 20-year-old, wearing a black suit, was tearful in the dock as the verdict was returned.
The following day (Thursday, July 27), after 29 hours and seven minutes, the jury found Elgamri guilty of murder.
Standing in the dock in a black suit, Elgamri dropped his head back as the verdict was read before shrugging back at Seedahmed.
However, the jury was dimissed after 30 hours and 15 minutes after being unable to reach a verdict for the third defendant, Seedahmed.
Judge Amjad Nawaz said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I propose to discharge you from further continuation of this case.
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"In a moment you will be free to leave. We appreciate you gave up your own time and came here to undertake a very important civic function."
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