A JURY returns to continue deliberations today in the trial of a woman accused of administering a fatal dose of heroin to a man found dead on a pavement.

Melanie Storey, who denies the manslaughter of 43-year-old Desmond "Dessie" Johns, was yesterday found guilty, however, of 11 charges of supply, or possession with intent to supply heroin, plus one of possession with intent to supply the pain killer dihydrocodine.

She was cleared by the Durham Crown Court jury of a charge of possession with intent to supply cocaine and one of witness intimidation.

During the trial, the prosecution claimed that Storey, a self-confessed heroin addict, was a substantial dealer of the class A drug from her home in Spennymoor, County Durham.

They also claimed she injected Mr Johns with heroin shortly before he collapsed and was carried out of the house, to be found lying on a pavement nearby, on the Tudhoe Moor Estate, on November 5, last year.

The jury retired to consider its verdicts following the judge's summing up shortly after noon yesterday, on the 12th day of the trial.

But, having failed to reach a unanimous verdict to the manslaughter allegation, they were sent home last night by judge, Mr Justice Bennett, to return to court to resume deliberations this morning.