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A judge has sentenced a juror to eight months in jail for contacting a defendant on Facebook during a trial.
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Forty-year-old Joanne Fraill admitted contempt of court for chatting with defendant Jamie Seward on the social networking site.
Justice Igor Judge said Thursday that her conduct was "directly contrary to her oath as a juror."
Fraill is the first juror in Britain to be convicted of using the Internet during a trial. She burst into tears when the sentence was pronounced
Her lawyer said she was remorseful and had not meant to subvert the trial.
Seward was given a two-month suspended sentence at London's High Court.
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