Judge kicks up a stink about smelly Old Bailey boilers

A project to install new boilers at the Old Bailey has left jury rooms so hot and smelly that a senior judge today (Weds) asked jurors if they were able to continue with their deliberations. Judge Wendy Joseph, QC, apologised to jurors sat on the manslaughter case of Charlie Alliston, 20, and said she had inspected another jury room and encountered a ‘really unpleasant smell’ due to ongoing tests on the new boilers. She called the jury in this morning…