The means by which this crime could be perpetrated can include attempting to discredit potential jurors to ensure they will not be selected for duty.
It could also involve making unauthorized contact with them for the purpose of introducing prohibited outside information and then arguing for a mistrial.
[3] On 18 June 2009, the Court of Appeal in England and Wales made a landmark ruling that resulted in the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, allowing the first-ever criminal trial to be held without a jury by invoking Section 44 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
The case in question involved four men accused of an armed robbery at Heathrow Airport in February 2004.
Levels of jury tampering were reported in 2002 to be a "major problem" by the deputy commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police[5] and in 2003 to be "worryingly high" in Merseyside by the then Chief Constable Norman Bettison and the then Home Secretary David Blunkett.