The jury in the sexual assault trial of footballers Jack De Belin and Callan Sinclair has found the pair not guilty on one charge.
It was unable to reach a majority verdict on the other five charges, after five-and-a-half days of deliberations, and is being dismissed in relation to those counts.
The charge the jury did reach a not guilty verdict for was one count of anal intercourse without consent.
Jack de Belin arriving at Downing Centre in Sydney today.(Steven Siewert)
After more than three hours of deliberations today, the jury foreperson conceded the jury would not reach a unanimous verdict regardless of extra time.
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NSW has reported no new local coronavirus cases, as Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned the source of infection in an eastern suburbs couple may never be found.
There was a slight jump in testing numbers on Thursday as Sydneysiders were told of potential exposure sites after the couple tested positive earlier this week.
People wearing face masks in Sydney’s CBD, after the NSW government introduced new restrictions on Thursday.
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In the 24 hours to 8pm, 13,339 tests were recorded, up from 11,579 in the previous 24 hours.
Although their infection has been genomically linked to a traveller from the US who entered quarantine last month, the eastern suburbs couple have no known links to the quarantine or hospital system, leading health authorities to believe COVID-19 may be spreading within the community.
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Funding for immediate, large-scale manufacture of mRNA vaccines such as those made by Pfizer and Moderna should be a priority in the budget, according to experts who have closely followed the course of COVID-19 in Australia.
To achieve optimum pandemic control, they would also welcome policy support to decouple science and public health from politics, implement proportionate risk management and fund quarantine facilities built to a high national standard that can be scaled up and are near medical facilities.
RNA technology is so promising, it warrants commitment for large-scale production capability, Professor John Shine says.Â
âFunding for a strategy to develop additional vaccine manufacturing platforms within the next 12 months is probably the single most important short-term initiative the government should put in place,â President of the Australian Academy of Science John Shine said.