JURORS in the Kleenmaid fraud trial have begun deliberations.
Former Kleenmaid director Bradley Wendell Young, 44, pleaded not guilty in Brisbane District Court in April to defrauding Westpac through a $13-million loan and operating the Sunshine Coast based whitegoods company while it was insolvent.
At 12.06pm today, the jury began working through the one fraud charge and 18 counts of dishonesty related to insolvency.
Because it was an e-trial, jurors have been given a laptop to work trough the myriad documents that have been tendered to the court during the 18-week trial.
If they do not reach verdicts by 4.30pm today, they will continue on Monday.
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