FED: Jury verdict expected today at Kovco inquest

AAP General News (Australia)
04-02-2008
FED: Jury verdict expected today at Kovco inquest

The jury will return its verdict in an hour and a half in the inquest into the death
of private JAKE KOVCO.

The three men and three women have told the coroner they'll hand their verdict down
at 9:30 (AEDT) this morning.

They've been asked to consider six options .. ranging from suicide to an open verdict.

The jury retired at 12.30 yesterday afternoon and returned within two hours seeking
directions on the legal meaning of "reckless" .. which is contained in one of the possible
verdicts.

An hour and a half later they sent a note to the coroner saying they'd deliver the
verdict this morning.

AAP RTV/ajc/hn/af/cdh/bart

KEYWORD: KOVKO (SYDNEY)

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