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		</div><p>The legal woes of a British couple accused of indulging in a sex act during a BBC Radio 2 concert in Hyde Park continued today.</p>
<p>Lisanne Beck, 47, and her boyfriend Simon Murphy, 48, landed themselves in the dock of Court One of the Old Bailey after they were filmed on a mobile phone locked in alleged lewd behaviour.</p>
<p>Music-lovers complained after seeing Beck and Murphy during a set by Paloma Faith at the family event on September 14 last year, their three-day trial heard last week.</p>
<p>But the pair, from Swansea, denied a charge of outraging public decency and a jury of nine women and two men could not reach a verdict and were discharged.</p>
<p>Afterwards, judge Peter Rook QC gave the prosecution a week to decide whether to seek a retrial but said that regardless, the experience in the dock was “chastening” for the pair from Swansea.</p>
<p>He said: “It must have been a harrowing experience. Whatever the Crown says, it will have been a chastening experience over the last few days, I’m sure everyone will agree with that.”</p>
<p>Today, prosecutor Tom Cleeve informed the court that the Crown would pursue a retrial.</p>
<p>A date was fixed for the case to start on August 10.</p>
<p>The defendants, who are on bail, were not required to attend today’s brief hearing.</p>
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