article_snippet.sent: A retrial had to be ordered and with the child having to give evidence for a second time, the Daily Mirror reported.
article_snippet.sent: The incident was witnessed by the family of a child abuse victim in the trial of John Quigley, which was expected to last five days .
article_snippet.sent: The girl giving evidence was the first of two young girls expected to testify that they were abused in offences spanning from 2006 to 2013.
article_snippet.sent: The cost of the abandoned trial and the retrial is believed to have cost the taxpayer £10,000.
article_snippet.sent: The defendant, Quingley, 49, of Manchester was found guilty of child sex charges and jailed for 14 years.
article_snippet.sent: Leading criminal barrister, Kama Melly, who specialises in child sex crime, told the Daily Mirror, when the abandoned trial was suspended, that the abandoned trial is always devastating for a victim to have a trial delayed so long while an investigation takes place.
article_snippet.sent: This is no doubt a traumatic time for the family and this will only serve to make matters worse for the family,’ she explained.
highlights_snippet.sent: Young victim had to tell Young story for a second time after the trial collapsed .
  