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Aya Hachem murder trial: Jury discharged

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Aya Hachem was studying law at the University of Salford

The jury in the trial of two people accused of murdering a student who was walking to a supermarket in Lancashire has been discharged.

Aya Hachem, 19, was the unintended victim of the shooting in Blackburn in 2020.

Suhayl Suleman and Louis Otway were on trial for her murder and the attempted murder of Pachah Khan.

The judge discharged the jury at Preston Crown Court, with the case listed for a re-trial.

Mr Suleman, from Shear Brow in Blackburn and Mr Otway, of Clitheroe Road in Manchester, have pleaded not guilty.

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