Dome gems sent home until Monday
The Old Bailey jury trying five men accused of plotting to snatch £200m diamonds from the Millennium Dome was sent home today until next week after one member fell ill.
Judge Michael Coombe apologised to the other 11 in court, saying the juror was not fit today but was expected to be by Monday.
No details of his condition were given.
The jury was sent out to consider its verdicts last Monday and have spent two days deliberating without reaching a conclusion.
The court did not sit on Wednesday.
The prosecution has alleged that the gang intended to snatch the stones by smashing their way into the Dome on a earth mover and escape across the River Thames by a speed boat.
Aldo Ciarrocchi, 32, of Balaclava Road, Bermondsey, south east London; Raymond Betson, 40, of Chatham, Kent; William Cockram, 49, from Catford, south east London; and Robert Adams, 57, of no fixed address, all deny conspiracy to rob.
They have admitted a lesser charge of conspiring to steal.
The fifth man, Kevin Meredith, 34, of Aucklands Drive, Brighton, denies both conspiracy to rob and conspiracy to steal.
