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A juror is facing arrest after he demanded £300 a day to sit on a trial. James Whittaker scrawled obscenities on his jury summons and said he would not attend unless he was given a £78,000 salary. Whittaker had been due to join other jurors at Southwark Crown Court trying cases over a two-week period at the court beginning on September 2 this year. But he ignored a further summons ordering him to explain himself or be held in contempt of court, and didn't bother to show up. Whittaker then repeatedly dodged letters including a summons hand delivered by bailiffs, after persuading a woman to pretend he no longer lived at his address in Hampstead Heath, northwest London. The runaway juror could now face up to two years in jail or an unlimited fine. - See more at: News and photo gallery of UK courts, court and professional disciplinary cases
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