The jury on the Megaman murder case were sent home overnight on Tuesday after failing to reach a verdict in the trial in which the So Solid Crew rapper, real name Dwayne Vincent, is accused of encouraging his friend Carl Morgan to kill one Colin Scarlett in November last year. They were to resume deliberation on Wednesday, but no news is yet forthcoming as to the results of yesterday's discussions.
As previously reported, the prosecution alleges that Vincent ordered Morgan to shoot Scarlett, following confrontations between Morgan and Scarlett over Morgan's former girlfriend, who was by that stage dating Scarlett. Both men deny murder, and Megaman has made claims that there is a conspiracy to frame him. He earlier told the court: "To say I would encourage a friend to shoot someone is ridiculous. When Colin was in hospital and had not died, no-one said anything like that. It is as soon as he died, they started to conspire and say I had encouraged the shooting. If Colin had not died, I doubt if I would be here."