Newshound
04-25-2014, 12:01 PM
A truck driver faced four juries before he was found guilty of dangerous driving causing death, it can now be revealed.
In a case that highlights the strain that aborted trials put on the judicial system, it can now be reported that three juries were discharged in February and March in the case of David James Ross, before a fourth jury found him guilty.
Two of the juries were dismissed soon after lawyers had made their opening presentations and one was discharged after having heard evidence for a week, because the prosecution argued that Ross's defence was run incompetently.
Ross, 49, fronted a pre-sentence hearing in the County Court on Wednesday after his conviction over the death of Dianne Beel, whose car was hit from behind on the Hume Freeway, near the Donnybrook overpass on Melbourne's northern fringe, on March 3, 2010.
Read more... (http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/truckie-found-guilty-of-dangerous-driving-causing-death-after-fourth-trial-20140423-374hr.html#ixzz2zrLXWASE)
In a case that highlights the strain that aborted trials put on the judicial system, it can now be reported that three juries were discharged in February and March in the case of David James Ross, before a fourth jury found him guilty.
Two of the juries were dismissed soon after lawyers had made their opening presentations and one was discharged after having heard evidence for a week, because the prosecution argued that Ross's defence was run incompetently.
Ross, 49, fronted a pre-sentence hearing in the County Court on Wednesday after his conviction over the death of Dianne Beel, whose car was hit from behind on the Hume Freeway, near the Donnybrook overpass on Melbourne's northern fringe, on March 3, 2010.
Read more... (http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/truckie-found-guilty-of-dangerous-driving-causing-death-after-fourth-trial-20140423-374hr.html#ixzz2zrLXWASE)