Inmate murder trial delayed by legal arguments

The Adam Kargusmurder trial was put on hold Monday so that the court can hear legal arguments in the jury's absence.

The trial is set to resume Tuesday afternoon when the prosecution is expected to make its opening statement to the court.

Anthony George is accused of second-degree murder in the 2013 beating death of his cellmate Adam Kargusat the troubled Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre.

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The trial was supposed to start today and was expected to last three weeks, but jurors were told to take the rest of the day off and return Tuesday afternoon in order for the court to deal with a legal matter.

"I am very mindful of the intrusion on your lives and I'm very mindful that your time is valuable and important," Justice Marc Garson told the jury."I'm doing everything in my sphere of control to minimize the inconvenience to you."

"I owe a duty to others," he said."In this case that paramount duty is to a fair trial."