A pub cleaner accused of leaving a Stamford Hill pensioner to die after allegedly binding and gagging her is to be retried after a jury could not reach a verdict.
Eveline Kelmenson, 83, died a "slow death" of hypothermia and lay undiscovered for five weeks before she was found by relatives on New Year's Day 2009, her decomposed body still bound to a chair in her bedroom.
Kuba Dlugosz, a 33-year-old Polish decorator, was convicted of her manslaughter after his DNA was found on chisels left by the basement door.
But the Old Bailey jury could not reach a
verdict on the second defendant, 26-year-old Szymon Wyrostek.
Through an interpreter, Mr Wyrostek said he had never been to Miss Kelmenson's house or heard of the street but was accused, during his cross-examination, of "lying to the jury".
Mr Wyrostek, who denies manslaughter, robbery and burglary, will be retried on December 12.
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