Bhagwan trial jury considers verdict

The jury retired to consider its verdict yesterday at the trial in Portland, Oregon, of two British women accused of conspiring in 1985 to assassinate the state's highest law enforcement officer.

Sally-Anne Croft, 45, and Susan Hagan, 48, could face life imprisonment if found guilty of entering into the alleged conspiracy while they were members of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh cult in its commune in central Oregon.