A trial into the alleged murder of a man from Manchester who went to Liverpool to buy a car has collapsed over coronavirus fears.
Miguel 'Migz' Reynolds, 21, was shot dead after being lured to Merseyside to buy a stolen Audi, prosecutors claim. Mr Reynolds chased his alleged robbers, and prosecutors say that Liam Watson, 31, later shot him.
Mr Watson and six other men, Kyle Sanders, Joseph McKeever, Paul Blackhurst, James Harrison, Jake Mawhinney and Dale Avery, all denied murder at a Liverpool Crown Court trial.
They were joined by Mr Avery's girlfriend, Emma Kirby, who denies assisting an offender, during the 10-week hearing. Jurors were sent out to consider their verdicts last Tuesday.
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