Juror in court over collapse of school stabbing trial

A man accused of causing the collapse of a trial into a triple school stabbing has appeared in court.

In April, a 14-year-old girl, who cannot be named, was sentenced to 15 years at Swansea Crown Court for the attempted murder of two teachers and a pupil, following the second trial that began in January.

Christopher Elias, 45, from Waunceirch, Neath Port Talbot, has been charged with the offence of refusing to answer a question relating to the qualification to serve on a jury.

He appeared in Cardiff Magistrates' Court on Monday, and has been told to return on 30 June.