The trial of four men and a woman over the alleged murder of Bristol father Alan Riddock was adjourned on Tuesday because one of the jury members had contracted a stomach bug.

It is hoped the trial will continue on Wednesday, with the start of the defence cases.

Bristol Crown Court has been told 41-year-old Mr Riddock had been standing outside the front of the Park House pub, in St John's Lane, Bedminster, when he dropped his trousers and exposed his backside in view of Diane Churchley who was stood outside her home opposite.

It is claimed enraged Churchley told him he was "a dead man" before ordering her sons John and Liam and their cousins Jason and Craig Hartrey to get him on May 24 last year.

Diane Churchley, aged 50, of St John's Lane, Bedminster; Liam Churchley, 20, of St John's Lane, Bedminster; Jason Hartrey, 39, of Dawlish Road, Bedminster; John Churchley, 23, of Queens Road, Withywood; Craig Hartrey, 36, of St John's Lane, Bedminster, all deny murder. All of the accused also deny intending to cause grievous bodily harm to Mr Riddock's friend, Jonathan Stephens.

Diane Churchley is also charged with assisting an offender by washing Liam Churchley's clothes and shoes and washing and hiding his baseball bat.