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'Who killed you?'
The jurors who used a Ouija board to find a murderer guilty
By Michael Dulaney and Damien Carrick for The Law Report
Posted Tue at 7:00am
In 1994, English insurance broker Stephen Young was found guilty of the gruesome double murder of Harry and Nicola Fuller. When the sentence came down, Sussex Police detective Graham Hill believed justice had been served.
The couple had been found dead on the floor of their home a year earlier, with Nicola shot three times and Harry shot in the back at close range.
The lead investigator on the case, Mr Hill said the verdict, which followed a five-week jury trial, marked the end of a difficult period.
"There was relief the case was finished," he said. "Obviously all people that are involved in the prosecution were pleased the verdict was one of guilty, because there's...as you can imagine, a huge amount of work goes into that."
One month after the trial had concluded, a front page headline of the now-defunct News of the World newspaper appeared out of nowhere, and hit like a shot:
'Murder Jury's Ouija Board Verdict': 'Booze, Dirty Jokes and then the Ouija Board'.
The report quoted the youngest member of the jury, 24-year-old Adrian, who said four jurors had tried to consult the spirits of the dead while locked overnight in Brighton's Old Ship Hotel.
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-08/ouija-board-juror-misbehaviour-murder-trials/9734868
Already posted in the Courtroom thread.