Oh yuck

The Herald report:

A sexual abuse trial was aborted after a juror revealed he became aroused while listening to evidence from the alleged victims.

The elderly jury member was one of 12 people hearing a case in an Auckland Court this week about the sexual abuse of two teenage girls.

The Herald has been told the jury was sent home early on Monday after the man said he was distressed by what he had heard during the first day of evidence.

On Wednesday, Judge Mary Beth Sharp questioned the jurors about how they were coping.

It is understood she was told the male juror had confided to his fellow jurors that he had been sexually aroused by the victims’ evidence but had coped on Tuesday by wearing a condom in the courtroom.

Rather yucky. Some people can’t control what they do or do not find arousing, but you can exercise some mental self-control, and you certainly don’t respond my wearing a condom to court. I suspect some deeper issues here.