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6:10 PM May 23, 2021
Gertrude Raven celebrating her 105th birthday at her home in Cawston with her family of five generations. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY
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A great-great-grandmother of 18 celebrated her 105th birthday in a surprise garden party held by a family - which spans five generations.
Granddaughter Pam Fold said her grandmother, Gertrude Raven, who turns 105 on Monday, had had an “absolutely phenomenal” day.
Gertrude Raven celebrating her 105th birthday at her home in Cawston with her great grandson, Darcy Raven, and his daughter and Gertrude s great great granddaughter, Thalia Raven, two. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY
- Credit: DENISE BRADLEY/Archant2021
Christopher Guest More, 43, was standing trial at Chester Crown Court accused of the murder of father-of-two Brian Waters, 44, who was killed at Burnt House Farm in Tabley, Cheshire.
Hung jury in Christopher Guest More Jnr torture murder trial
Warrington man will face a retrial after the jury were unable to reach a verdict
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An undercover TV researcher for Channel 4 and the BBC will face a retrial after a jury today was unable to reach a verdict into whether he murdered a cannabis dealer in a gruesome cow shed torture killing.
Jury sent home in farmhouse murder trial with deliberations to continue next week THE jury in the trial of an undercover TV researcher accused of murder have been sent home for the weekend. Christopher Guest More Jr, 43 and from Lymm, is accused of the murder of cannabis dealer Brian Waters. He also faces charges of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm to Mr Waters and a second man, Suleman Razak. Jurors were sent to begin deliberations on Tuesday afternoon with a view of reaching a verdict. A direction was given yesterday afternoon, Thursday, by justice Sir Peter Openshaw, who presides over the trial, that a majority verdict of 10 or more jurors would be accepted.
Jury in trial of murder-accused Christopher Guest More Jr retires to consider verdict THE jury in the trial of an undercover TV researcher accused of murder has retired to begin deliberations and to reach a verdict. Christopher Guest More Jr, 43, is charged with the murder of cannabis dealer Brian Waters, 44, who was tortured and killed at a Knutsford farmhouse over a drugs debt, the trial heard. He is alleged to have been one of at least six men involved in carrying out the violence, later fleeing the country before being arrested in and extradited from Malta 16 years on, the court heard.