A JURY is still considering its verdict in the case of a woman accused of perverting the course of justice.
Carly Buckingham-Smith claims to be the victim of a harassment campaign.
The 37-year-old told police she had received multiple calls from withheld numbers and a string of threatening messages.
In one text a threat was made to “put petrol through her letterbox and set it alight”.
During a trial at Southampton Crown Court, a jury heard how police officers arrested her saying she had made “false complaints and was attention-seeking”.
When interviewed about her “fictitious reports” of arson attacks and men banging on her door in the night, she made no comment, the jury heard.
Buckingham-Smith faces three counts of perverting the course of justice - which she denies.
On Wednesday, Judge Nicholas Rowland summed up the facts of the case.
The jury was sent out to consider its verdict at around 1.30pm and having spent almost three hours deliberating was sent home.
However, the case will continue today.
CCTV footage played earlier in the trial showed firefighters outside her address in Copper Close, Eastleigh.
Jurors heard how police received other reports of garden furniture being set alight and washing going missing.
They were previously told how eggs were found broken outside her home.
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