单项选择题

Questions 9 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news. According to the news items, we can infer that an Old Bailey jury failed to reach a verdict at Zardad’s first trial in November______.

A.the accused had fought the Taliban regime before he fled Afghanistan
B.the crimes were committed in Afghanistan instead of in Great Britain
C.the justices could not get witnesses to testify before the court
D.the justices didn’t believe they had right to try a citizen of an other country