The jury in the trial of a man accused of torturing and murdering a dad-of-two in a rural barn was discharged today.
Christopher Guest More Jnr, now 43, is charged with killing 44-year-old Brian Waters, 18 years ago, on June 19, 2003.
The dad was brutally attacked at Burnt House Farm in Tabley, near Knutsford, in Cheshire, by a number of men.
It is alleged that one of them was Mr More, 25 at the time, from Warrington, who was found living abroad 16 years later, in 2019, in Malta.
He was extradited back to the UK.
Mr Waters was left with 123 separate injuries during the horrific ordeal as he was whipped, burned with acid, attacked with a staple gun and hung upside down.
Mr Waters, a cannabis farmer, was pursued by a gang during a demand for a £20,000 drug debt.
More, from Lymm, Warrington, denies the murder of Mr Waters and conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm to Mr Waters and another man, Suleman Razak.
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A new trial will start at Chester Crown Court on Monday.
Three days of proceedings had taken place this week.
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