A Los Angeles judge on Sunday postponed the murder trial of multimillionaire New York real estate heir Robert Durst for three works over fears of the transmission of the new coronavirus.
Superior Court Judge Mark E. Windham announced that the trial, which had been underway for six days and is expected to take five months, will stand adjourned until April 6.
On Friday, Windham had established a plan to have the 12 jurors and 12 alternates in the case use gallery seats to sit apart from one another in an effort to avoid virus transmission.
But before the plan could be enacted, he decided to delay the proceedings instead. The head judge in Los Angeles County has recommended that all trials in the county be delayed for 30 days where it is.
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