Last updated: March 14, 2014



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A CANADIAN judge has jailed a tardy juror for delaying a rape trial.

Fed up with her dawdling, Court of Queen's Bench Justice Gerald Chartier reportedly discharged the woman known only as "Juror 10" and issued a warrant for her arrest on Wednesday, while the trial continued without her.

The woman arrived later in the day and was arrested. She spent an afternoon in jail before being marched into the courtroom, handcuffed and shackled, after 11 other jurists rendered a verdict in the sexual assault trial.

Juror 10 explained she had slept late after being up all night with a fever, severe cramps and vomiting, according to the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper.

Pressed about also being late several times last week, she said she had missed the bus each time, and there was a long wait for another.