Trial by Ouija Board: When jurors misbehave

The limits of jury trials were famously exposed in the 1994 English case of Stephen Young, who was accused of murdering husband and wife Harry and Nicola Fuller. Four jurors consulted a makeshift Ouija Board while staying overnight in a hotel, ultimately leading to a retrial.

The incident, often referred to as the ‘Ouija Board Jurors’, is seen by many as the nadir of reported juror misbehaviour in the 20th Century.