Maryland murder trial aborted due to coronavirus concern

Updated March 30 2020 - 7:01pm, first published 4:00pm
TRAGIC: Kenneth John Denniss was shot dead at Maryland in December, 2018. Daniel Hawkins, accused of his murder, faced the first day of a trial on Wednesday.
TRAGIC: Kenneth John Denniss was shot dead at Maryland in December, 2018. Daniel Hawkins, accused of his murder, faced the first day of a trial on Wednesday.

TWO weeks after it began, the trial of Daniel Mark Hawkins, accused of murder over the shooting death of Kenneth John Denniss at Maryland in 2018, has been aborted after the jury raised concerns about the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

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