Jurors at the Khan murder trial stunned a packed courtroom when they told a judge they had failed to reach verdicts against two defendants, following a week of deliberations.

The five-women, seven-men jury earlier this week found four men guilty of murdering Anum Khan, nine, and her brother Majid, 15, in an arson attack on their Magdalen Road home last August.

Yesterday, (THURS) following more than 25 hours considering verdicts, jurors told Judge Mr Justice Jowitt they were unable to reach majority verdicts against co-accused Riaz Munshi, 26, of Fulwell Road, Sheffield, and Haroon Sharif, 20, of Morrell Avenue, Oxford.

They then asked the judge for his advice and he told them: "Each of you has taken an oath to return a true verdict according to the evidence. "You have a duty not only as individuals, but also collectively."

The jury retired following the advice from the Birmingham Crown Court judge.

They returned shortly afterwards to Court Nine and handed him a note revealing they wanted to continue deliberations.

Jurors will now reconvene on Monday.

They are not sitting today (FRI) because one of them has to attend a family funeral.

All six defendants denied the two murders.

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