A WITNESS in a court trial who went home at lunchtime, resulting in the case being abandoned, has been jailed.
Christopher Deans was waiting to give evidence in a criminal trial at Haddington Sheriff Court last month but went home before he was called.
When it was discovered Deans, 28, had left the court building a warrant was issued for his arrest and he appeared in the dock charged with contempt of court the following day.
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