TAMPA, Florida — Jurors in the Buju Banton trial went back deliberating a verdict at 9:50 am Tampa time after Judge Jim Moody answered a query from them.

They wanted to know if a crime had taken place on December 10 when Ian Thomas and James Mac were arrested, in a sting operation.

Moody told them yes, that a crime had been comitted.

"Your job is to decide whether or not Mr Myrie was involved in that crime," Moody told the jurors.

Meanwhile, a supporter of Banton's who visited him in jail last night told the Observer minutes ago that the entertainer was in good spirits.

"His spirit was up. He said he had faith," Donovan Rae, who is here from Los Angeles, said after the jurors returned to the jury room.

Another supporter from Los Angeles asked that fans pray and put their trust in God that the jurors will return a not guilty verdict.

"In every desert of uncertainty there is an oasis of grace and mercy and the truth shall prevail," said Laura Owens.

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