The judge in the trial of ex-Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs has told the jury that she can now accept a majority verdict rather than unanimous.
The jury foreman was asked today if they had reached verdicts on each count on which all of them were agreed, to which he responded: "No".
Judge Hilary Manley told jurors, who have been deliberating for over 16 hours, that it was important they "try to continue" to reach verdicts on which they were all agreed.
"I may now accept verdicts on which ten of you agree," she added.
"Please may you now return to your room and continue your deliberations."
Mr Giggs is accused of assaulting his former girlfriend PR executive Kate Greville, 38, causing her actual bodily harm, at his home in Worsley, Greater Manchester.
He is also said to have assaulted her younger sister, Emma, 26, by elbowing her in the jaw in the same incident on 1 November, 2020.
He denies the charges.
The jury has been sent home for the evening and will reconvene in the morning.
