It ended with a hung jury, in large part due to the star alibi witness, a manager at the zoo who said she was having drinks with Mr Hankton at a hotel when the murder occurred.

出现这一结果，很大程度上缘于汉克顿先生的一条重要不在场证据。提供这一证据的证人是一位动物园经理。

Forensic tests were negative; fellow stallholders gave him an alibi; the one supposed witness could not even describe his appearance.

法医检测不能指证他；别的小贩证明他当时不在场；而目击者甚至说不出他长什么样子。