Jury member replaced after judge catches him snoring during prosecutor’s opening speech

A juror has been discharged after he fell asleep and started snoring during the opening of a people-smuggling trial in Birmingham.

The panel member was replaced on Tuesday, less than an hour into the crown’s opening speech.

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