London - The Lord Archer perjury trial jury was yesterday sent home for the night and will resume its deliberations at the Old Bailey today.
The five-woman, six-man jury panel has been considering its verdicts in the seven-week case since last Friday.
Lord Archer (61) denies two counts of perjury and three counts of perverting the course of justice in relation to his 1987 libel action against the Daily Star, in which he was awarded £500,000 after the newspaper claimed he slept with a prostitute. His co-defendant, retired television producer Mr Ted Francis (67), denies one charge of perverting the course of justice by providing a false alibi.