A Manhattan trial was recently thrown into chaos by the revelation of “largely sexual, pornographic” videos — starring a juror and the wannabe-killer defendant.

The criminal, with the help of his mom, tried using the seamy footage to overturn his conviction in a situation that stunned even his veteran lawyer. 6

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But the judge wouldn’t budge — and Avery Dunning, 37, now faces up to 25 years in prison for shooting his 41-year-old female East Harlem neighbor in the head during a 2023 fight.

The saga has been a “situation stranger than fiction,’’ said Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Daniel Conviser.

The bizarre ordeal began after the trial ended and right as Dunning was set to be sentenced in July.

That’s when his lawyer alerted the court that Dunning’s mother, Lolita Dunning, had

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