Jury deadlocked in SJP surrogacy case

21/11/2009 - 09:46:00
The jury in the trial of a police chief accused of breaking into the home of a woman who carried twins for actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick ended five hours of deliberations without a verdict.

The jury in the case of suspended Police Chief Barry Carpenter began deliberations about 4.30pm local time and ended for the day five hours later.

Deliberations are expected to resume on Monday morning.

Carpenter is accused of taking items related to pregnancy and the surrogacy from the home and scheming with the police chief of a neighbouring town to sell them to celebrity photographers.

Earlier, a prosecutor in closing arguments said Carpenter abused his authority and tried to “blame it all on being a joke”.