Jurors run for cover as rain cascades into historic courtroom

Jurors in an Old Bailey murder trial had to run for cover after torrential rain flooded into one of the building’s historic courts today. (Weds) Proceedings were halted when water started dripping on to the heads of the panel hearing the prosecution case in court Number 3. As the deluge increased, Judge Anuja Dhir had to abandon the hearing and evacuate the jury from court. Staff then tried to catch the cascade in water jugs and waste paper bins and…