Overview
- Daryl Berman, 71, denies murdering her 84-year-old husband, saying he fell onto a vegetable knife at their Prestwich home.
- Home Office pathologist Dr Philip Lumb reported the chest wound had features typical of homicide.
- Prosecutors also pointed to a finger injury they said could indicate a defensive wound.
- The jury of five men and five women deliberated for more than seven hours after an eight-day trial, with two jurors earlier discharged due to illness.
- Judge Tina Landale dismissed the deadlocked jury and no further court date has been set as a decision on a retrial is pending.