A JURY will today (THURS) continue deliberating in the trial of the Hampshire school bursar alleged to have defrauded £70,000.

The nine-men, three-women jury retired at Winchester Crown Court at 12.40pm yesterday in the case of Linda Whittaker, 65.

Whittaker, of Lovedon Lane, Kings Worthy, denies two counts of fraud relating to overtime payments at Osborne Special School in Winchester.