Jury sequestered in Thompson trial
Posted Oct 11, 2012 08:15:44 AM.
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A jury has been sequestered after nearly three hours of deliberations Wednesday did not result in a verdict.
Chaze Lamar Thompson, 22, is charged with first-degree murder after the shooting death of Halifax taxi driver Sergei Kostin.
Kostin, who drove for Bob’s Taxi, disappeared Jan. 17, 2009 after picking up two young men at a variety store in Dartmouth.
His burned-out vehicle was found three days later in Cherry Brook, N.S. Police found his body April 1, under a tree in North Preston.
Thompson’s trial started Sept. 10 in Nova Scotia Supreme Court. The 7-man, 5-woman jury began deliberating just after 3 p.m. Wednesday.
When they hadn’t reached a verdict by 6 p.m., Justice Glen McDougall ordered them sequestered for the night.
Deliberations resume this morning.
