Jury still deliberating if Wisbech man David Newton is guilty or innocent of murdering Una Crown

The jury is still deliberating whether David Newton is guilty of murdering his 86-year-old widowed neighbour Una Crown.

At 11.06am today, the jury was sent out of the courtroom at Cambridge Crown Court to decide whether Newton, 70, of Magazine Close in Wisbech, is guilty or innocent of murdering Mrs Crown.

The four-week-long trial has been taking place because Newton denies the murder of Mrs Crown, who was stabbed multiple times in the neck and chest before her body was set on fire.

The 12 members of the jury came back into court this afternoon, where a foreman said on the group’s behalf that they have yet to agree on a verdict.

They have now left court for the day and will resume deliberating tomorrow.

Mrs Crown, a retired postmistress, was found dead by her nephew on January 13, 2013.

Newton denies the murder and was charged last year after new forensic evidence found male DNA that matched his under some of Mrs Crown’s fingernail clippings.

He had previously been arrested twice in 2013 on suspicion of Mrs Crown’s murder but was released without charge.

When police officers first arrived at the scene, they initially treated Mrs Crown’s death as not suspicious.

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The trial continues.