The jury has been discharged in the trial of Pietro Addis for the murder of his grandmother, Brighton restaurant boss Sue Addis.
The 19-year-old has denied murder but admitted manslaughter after the death of 69-year-old Mrs Addis at her home in Cedars Gardens, Brighton, in January last year.
A new trial is due to start at Lewes Crown Court next week, on Wednesday 27 April.
The trial, before Judge Christine Laing, the honorary recorder of Brighton and Hove, is expected to last about eight days.
Come on Frank. Why is trial aborted?
Yes have to agree what an odd article.
Sorry I haven’t been able to say more but legal restrictions constrain what we can say at this stage. The trial will start again in a few days and we will report what is said in court as the case gets under way with a new jury.