By Rebecca Quilliam of APNZ
July 2 - The jury in the Ewen Macdonald murder trial has retired for the evening after spending the afternoon considering whether he killed his brother-in-law, Scott Guy.
Justice Simon France summed up the four-week case and gave directions to the jury in the High Court at Wellington this morning.
The jury of seven men and four women retired shortly after 11.30am.
The Crown alleges Macdonald shot dead Scott Guy, 31, at the end of the driveway of his Feilding home about 5am on July 8, 2010.
The 32-year-old has denied the murder.
The Crown says Macdonald killed his brother-in-law after tensions over the future of the family farm they co-managed.
But his defence team says the problems on the farm had all been resolved and his killer remains a mystery.
The jury have heard more than three weeks of evidence and submissions from prosecution and defence lawyers, who gave their closing addresses last Friday.
The jury will resume their deliberations tomorrow morning.
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