UK News 18-03-2005 who: Andrew Wragg, father of a terminally-ill 10 year-old what: Freed on bail after "mercy killing" murder jury fails to reach a verdict where: Crown Court, LEWES when: Thursday snippet: Mrs Justice Anne Rafferty thanked the jury of nine women and three men but discharged them following 11-and-a-half hours of fruitless deliberation. "Mr Wragg was charged with murder after he confessed to smothering 10-year-old Jacob at the family home in Worthing, West Sussex, on July 24 last year," explains The Times. "He denied murder but admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility." Elsewhere, Donna Anthony, who has served more than six years of a life sentence for killing her son and daughter but maintains her innocence, is to be be released within days, pending an appeal against her conviction. [... more]

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