TORRINGTON - A six-person jury of two men and four women continued to deliberate behind closed doors Friday on the case of Adam C. Benedict, a former high school coach facing misdemeanor sex assault charges.

Benedict, 32, was a coach at Litchfield High School when he was arrested on charges of fourth-degree sexual assault. Two students of his, who he knew in study hall and through the school, alleged to police in July 2007 that he groped both of them on separate ocassions in his room of his parents' house on Hart Drive in Litchfield.

The defendant was dismissed from teaching pending the ongoing case. His second trial, since a mistrial was declared in January, began last week with evidence presentations continuing until this past Wednesday.

Deliberations began Thursday and the jury asked to have testimony played back to it. As of 2 p.m. no verdict has been declared.

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