A juror who messaged an acquitted defendant during a continuing trial has been
jailed for eight months. 

In the first case of its kind, Joanne Fraill, from Manchester, admitted
contacting Jamie Sewart via the social networking site Facebook. 

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Two men have been remanded in custody in connection with an alleged plot
targeting the singer Joss Stone.

Junior Bradshaw and Kevin Liverpool - both from Manchester - appeared before
magistrates in Exeter.