Photo of Muslim juror courtesy of the Daily Mail
Ruhela Khanom, 20, was serving on jury panel when she was accused of secretly listening to music during the trial of pensioner Alan Wicks, who was later jailed for life for bludgeoning his wife to death.
After repeated lateness and complaints that she was playing music when she should have been paying attention to the evidence, she was discharged from the trial at London's Blackfriars Crown Court.
But yesterday the Attorney General's office ruled that there was "insufficient" evidence to prove any alleged contempt of court.
Khanom was accused of contempt of court in July when 72-year-old Wicks was in the dock denying his wife's murder.
Judge Chapple said at the time he had discharged Khanom because: "There was a complaint made by a fellow juror during the course of the luncheon adjournment.
"The juror had seen wires disappearing into the juror in question's headscarf and heard her music emanating from that juror while we were in court and everyone else listening with close attention to important evidence of the defendant." Muslim juror accused of wearing MP3 player under her hijab escapes punishment (more) By Colin Fernandez
Mark Alexander
