After spending more than seven days deliberating, jurors in the Phillip Carrington murder trial announced Tuesday afternoon that they were “hopelessly deadlocked,” according to the Suffolk District Attorney’s office, and the judge presiding over the case declared a mistrial. 
Carrington, 50, is accused of killing his girlfriend, 47-year-old Celestine Walker, in May of 2013. Click here to read more about the trial.
Prosecutors fully expect to re-try Carrington for Walker’s murder, according to a spokesman for the Suffolk DA.
Lawyers in the case will next appear in Suffolk County Superior Court for trial assignment on Thursday, Dec. 10.
