MELBOURNE, Australia The high-profile trial of a former parliamentary staffer accused of raping a colleague in Australia's Parliament House was halted on Thursday after the court discovered that a juror had brought a research article on sexual assault cases into the jury room.Justice Lucy McCallum dismissed the jury, which had been deliberating for five days, saying that the juror had contravened her strict instructions to rely only on evidence presented in court.
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