THE Maxwell jury was sent to a hotel for an eighth night after failing to reach verdicts and being hit by illness. A doctor was called in to examine six of the jurors after they developed chest infections as they sat in their room.

So far, the seven women and five men have spent 47 hours considering verdicts on Mr Kevin Maxwell (36), his brother Ian (39) and former Maxwell financial adviser Mr Larry Trachtenberg (42). The three deny conspiring to defraud the pension funds by misusing £22 million worth of shares in the Israeli chemical company Teva.