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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick gets into a vehicle in front of the federal courthouse during a break in the closing arguments of his federal corruption trial in downtown Detroit, Michigan February 12, 2013. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

Jury reaches verdict in ex-Detroit mayor\'s corruption trial
Jury reaches verdict in ex-Detroit mayor's corruption trial
Posted : Monday, 11 March 2013 09:26AM

DETROIT (Reuters) - Jurors reached a verdict on Monday in the trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and two others charged with racketeering conspiracy following the biggest federal probe of public corruption in the city in decades.

The verdict was due to be read at 10:30 a.m. EDT, a court spokesman said.

The jury in the five-month trial began its deliberations in earnest on February 19.

(Reporting by David Bailey; Editing by Daniel Trotta)

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