Jury discharged in trial of trio accused of Mansfield estate gunfire incident
A jury has been discharged on a trial at Nottingham Crown Court involving three men accused of being part of an incident in which a gun was fired in Mansfield.
A judge has told the six men and six women of the jury they would no longer be needed to try Dillon Mellor, Troon Dennington and Matthew Smith on day three of their trial at Nottingham Crown Court,
The trio is alleged to have been part of two groups which fought in the town’s Bellamy Estate on Monday, May 9, 2024.
Following an initial altercation during the afternoon, a second incident in the evening allegedly saw a gun brought to the scene and fired.
Dennington, aged 23, of Edwalton Court, Mansfield; Smith, aged 40, of Big Barn Lane, Mansfield; and Mellor, aged 32, of Maid Marion Way, Boughton, New Ollerton, will now face a fresh trial in June of next year.