-after jury fails to reach verdict
Charles Cush and Jevon Wharton, the two men charged with raping and murdering nine-year-old Sade Stoby, will have to face a retrial after a jury was unable to arrive at a verdict yesterday in the Supreme Court.
Cush, 21 and Wharton, 23, were on trial before Justice Navindra Singh and a 12-member jury for the murder, which occurred in November 2007 at Barnwell, Mocha, East Bank Demerara.
After nearly four hours of deliberations, members of the jury emerged from their chambers to report their decision to a
