Juror claimed she had been racially abused on the Ecclestone trial

The Tamara Ecclestone burglary trial nearly collapsed after allegations of racism and bullying boiled over in the jury room, it can be revealed. One woman juror, in her late thirties and of mixed racial heritage, claimed she was being targeted by other panel members who called her ‘a bitch.’ A different juror sent a note to Judge Martin Edmunds when the bust-up flared in the closing stages of the trial of the four Romanians accused of helping the burglary team….