A LIVE murder trial is coming to Bournemouth and you can be on the jury. The Murder Trial Live is a bizarre social experiment to test the robustness of the UK’s judicial system.

In a world-first experiment, the trial takes place over the course of the evening which includes dinner, and the attendees will decide the outcome.

On trial is Frank Lane who is accused of murdering his wife Alison Lane on March 25, 2017. However, no body has been found.

The experiment produced by leading barristers and the ITAE Group, will test the jury system by testing the outcome at 40 replicated experiments all over the UK each with a different jury.

The experiment has been produced by a team of leading criminal barristers, including the barrister behind the production of the hit Channel 4’s series ‘The Trial - a murder in the family’.

The trial, presided over by a judge, will begin where the prosecution and defence will call witnesses to the stand to give evidence for the prosecution’s case. This evidence will be cross examined by the defence and the jury must make up their minds.

Executive producer Samuel Piri said: “There’s a real current appetite for crime and justice programmes at the moment and we wanted to test how fit for purpose our justice system is in this modern age.

“The fascinating thing about this experiment is that the same trial and evidence could produce different verdicts in different locations – it’s fascinating.”

Around 150 jurors are required for the experiment which comes to The Village Hotel in Bournemouth on Wednesday, September 11 at 6.30pm. Tickets cost £55 and include a two-course meal before the trial begins. Jurors can sign up to take part at the event website.