Jury out for Brown

A TOWNSVILLE Supreme Court jury yesterday began considering its verdict in the trial of Arthur Stanley Brown, a retired carpenter charged with the murder of the Mackay sisters.

Mr Brown, 87, was granted bail by Justice Keiran Cullinane at 6pm and returned home after the jury ceased the day's deliberations without a verdict. Mr Brown has pleaded not guilty to abducting, sexually assaulting and murdering Susan Mackay, 5, and her sister Judith, 7, near Townsville in 1970.

Further articles from The Australian and The Weekend Australian:

• 19 October 1999: Tiny footprints led to schoolgirls' corpses
• 20 October 1999: Mackay trial told of two confessions
• 21 October 1999: Accused often spoke of Mackay murders
• 22 October 1999: Kidnap witnesses 'haunted'
• 23-24 October 1999: Mackay accused confessed, court told
• 26 October 1999: Vietnam vet's evidence key to Mackay sisters case
• 27 October 1999: No evidence that accused knew sisters, court told
• 28 October 1999: Jury out for Brown (current page)
• 29 October 1999: Retrial for Mackay girls murder accused
• 29 October 1999: Unresolved murder case still haunts Townsville