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Trial of Olympian and brother may be aborted over jury safety concerns
The trial involving an Olympic kayaker and his brother accused of trying to bring $200 million of cocaine into the country might be aborted after a juror claimed they were followed from the court and through a Brisbane train station by someone who had been in the public gallery.
Olympic silver medallist Nathan Baggaley, 45, and his brother Dru Anthony Baggaley, 39, are on trial in Brisbane Supreme Court over an alleged plot to import 650 kilograms of cocaine in 2018.
Nathan Baggaley during the men’s K-1 class 1,000 metre final on August 27 during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.Credit:Stuart Franklin – Getty Images
The trial began on Thursday, March 18, and was scheduled to go into the middle of next week, but the jury concerns and
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