A JURY at Winchester Crown Court on Thursday (April 29) failed to reach a verdict in the Jong-Ok Shin murder trial.
Following more than 11 hours of deliberations, the jury of six men and six women were unable to come to a verdict on one count of murder against Omar Benguit, 32, of Linwood Road, Winton.
However the jury cleared Benguit of one count of rape.
They also acquitted Nicholas Gbadamosi, 35, of Nutley Way, West Howe, of assisting an offender and he walked free from the crown court on Thursday (April 29).
Jong-Ok Shin, known as Oki to friends, was stabbed in the back as she walked home following a night out in Bournemouth town centre on July 12, 2002.
Benguit was remanded in custody and will appear at Winchester Crown Court on Monday, May 10, while the Crown considers whether to seek a retrial. First published: April 30
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