A jury has begun its third day of deliberations today in a blackmail trial.
Michael Tyers and Billy Nugent, 23, deny charges of blackmail and theft.
They are accused of stealing a wrench from a Teesside garage, then demanding money from the owner in November last year.
It was alleged the garage boss was threatened that he would be killed, “done in”, maimed or would have his business burned down.
He was so scared he closed the garage down, said the prosecution in the case.
Tyers, of Moortown Road, Saltersgill, Middlesbrough, told the court the allegations were “a load of lies”.
The 27-year-old said he merely asked the garage proprietor about money owed to him from sales of tyres and tools, with no threats made.
He told the jury: “I may be a bit of a rogue but I haven’t got the brain to go blackmailing people.”
Nugent, of Mount Pleasant Grange, Stockton, said there were “definitely no threats”.
The jury was sent out to begin considering verdicts on Friday and continued their deliberations yesterday.
Proceeding
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