CMU reports:

The latest trial involving rapper Beanie Sigel went into pause mode yesterday when the judge hearing the case dismissed the jury and ordered a re-trial. As previously reported, Sigel is in court to face allegations he shot a man in a West Philadelphia bar last Jul. After a relatively quick presentation of the prosecution and defence's cases, the jury then spent five days discussing the evidence before them, without being able to reach a unanimous decision on any of the charges - which include aggravated assault, conspiracy and weapons offences. After being told by the jury several times that no decision had been made or was likely to be made, Common Pleas Court Judge Karen Shreeves-Johns finally let the jury go - scheduling a retrial for 26 May.

Sigel now remains free on a $150,000 bail. As previously reported, in addition to the current shooting charges, Sigel is also due in court on 8 July to face gun and drug possession charges.